Rubber lip pleco eggs

[Mike1963]

Our pleco is sitting on eggs. It is a community tank and the rock she is on is out in the open. What should we do if anything. The only kinda aggressive fish is a tiger barb but she chases him away when he gets near

 

[Aiken Drum]

Are you wanting to raise pleco babies?

 

[Mike1963]

Not really but my wife would not get rid of the eggs. So i guess we are going to try and let them hatch. Is it possible to move the rock and the pleco to another tank without the pleco abandoning them

 

[ColdKoi]

What other fish are in the tank? Do they pose any threat to the eggs?

If you’ve just got the one barb that’s causing a nuisance, I’d think it would almost be better to move the barb to a temporary tank. But, that would only make sense if the barb is the only threat in the tank

 

[Mike1963]

We bought a 5.5 gallon tank yesterday and moved the rock and pleco out by its self. It took overnight but it is sitting on the eggs now and fanning them. I think it is ok but we will see. Thanks for the response

Mike