New BN pleco eggs...

[DallasFish]

Well, I have bn pleco eggs! I got a pair of them a month or two ago and set up some nice terra cotta pots just in case they got along. Nothing, they ignored the pots totally.

Then, I noticed that the male "Captain Whiskers" is spending his time way up inside this small Chinese pagoda decoration I have. So I lift it up and turn it over, and lo and behold there's an set of eggs and Dad is guarding them.

So, I may have baby BN's soon. We'll see if they can outrun the angelfish...

 

[neilanh]

Congrats!

 

[Lager]

Congrats, good luck!

 

[black hills tj]

Once dad lets them leave the cave, you better hope they can find good hiding places with that angel in there. In your situation I would move the decoration and the father to a separate tank.

 

[DallasFish]

I put in an upside-down tulip-shaped flower pot. It has small scallop-shaped holes that small fish could easily swim into, but not big enough for angels. It also has a hole in the top that I can drop bits of algae wafers into. Hopefully the fry will migrate there as they emerge.

 

[gheitman]

To make sure they stay in there you could always install cable TV

 

[rob28]

couldnt you just move the angle fish to a qt tank?

 

[plecoperson]

Yes, there is something very attractive about baby plecos. I think it's the way they move-very hoppy and jumpy. The easiest thing to do is to put in a TON of plants (real or fake) and hope for the best, and overfeed the tank a little. They won't all survive, but you'll probably get a few that grow to non-eatable size.

 

[gheitman]

I put in an upside-down tulip-shaped flower pot. It has small scallop-shaped holes that small fish could easily swim into, but not big enough for angles. It also has a hole in the top that I can drop bits of algae wafers into. Hopefully the fry will migrate there as they emerge.

How many hiding places are there in the tank? Do you have a lot of plants and some driftwood? Driftwood is a necessary ingredient in a balanced bristlenose pleco diet.

 

[DallasFish]

To make sure they stay in there you could always install cable TV

 

[DallasFish]

How many hiding places are there in the tank? Do you have a lot of plants and some driftwood? Driftwood is a necessary ingredient in a balanced bristlenose pleco diet.

I do have plants and several driftwood pieces.

Dad's still flapping away...