when will they come out

Subject: when will they come out Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:10 pm

noticed my male bristlenose guarding a cave and saw at least one wriggler. When would they come out of the cave? It is in a community tank and not sure if they have been eaten or not

Thanks

Subject: Re: when will they come out Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:17 pm

normaly around ten days if your worried tip the cave into a fry saver

Subject: Re: when will they come out Tue Apr 20, 2010 7:48 pm

thanks, Its about that now. Funny thing is I am waiting for a larger female than the ones I have as I thought they were too small. Seems I am wrong. Am I right in thinking that they should spawn about every 6 weeks?

Subject: Re: when will they come out Wed Apr 21, 2010 4:58 am

if all goes to clock work then they will spawn every 3-5 weeks without fail...

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Subject: Re: when will they come out Thu Apr 22, 2010 8:49 pm

there are still some in there going to move them into another tank in the next few days

Subject: Re: when will they come out Fri Apr 23, 2010 7:35 am

Stannyblade wrote:

there are still some in there going to move them into another tank in the next few days

like curby says every 3 to 5 weeks is the norm.
theirs always some that never seem to want to leave the cave but the male will remove them when he starts to clean up the cave ready for the next spawn.

Subject: Re: when will they come out Sun Apr 25, 2010 8:45 pm

deano wrote:

Stannyblade wrote:

there are still some in there going to move them into another tank in the next few days

like curby says every 3 to 5 weeks is the norm.
theirs always some that never seem to want to leave the cave but the male will remove them when he starts to clean up the cave ready for the next spawn.

They are out now in their own tank with dad. Looks like he is cleaning the cave now. Going to put the females in tomorrow but if only one is the mother of all the fry then would the other one be a risk to the fry? They are about 1cm now. I know to a lot of you breeding standard bristlenoses isnt a big deal but its my first spawn and I would like at least 1 to survive.

Thanks

Subject: Re: when will they come out Mon Apr 26, 2010 4:53 pm

Stannyblade wrote:

deano wrote:

Stannyblade wrote:

there are still some in there going to move them into another tank in the next few days

like curby says every 3 to 5 weeks is the norm.
theirs always some that never seem to want to leave the cave but the male will remove them when he starts to clean up the cave ready for the next spawn.

They are out now in their own tank with dad. Looks like he is cleaning the cave now. Going to put the females in tomorrow but if only one is the mother of all the fry then would the other one be a risk to the fry? They are about 1cm now. I know to a lot of you breeding standard bristlenoses isnt a big deal but its my first spawn and I would like at least 1 to survive.

Thanks

your 1cm fry will be perfectly fine around another female mine get on just fine its other species you need to look out for but if your tank has just BN's in there then you will be fine......

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Subject: Re: when will they come out Tue May 11, 2010 9:33 pm

only put one female in. The male is on eggs again as we speak

Subject: Re: when will they come out Wed May 12, 2010 12:45 am

nice work.

Like mentioned above, they will breed like clockwork if you set the system up right. one thing to be mindful of is overworking the fish, especially the male. He wont eat while he is on the eggs and if you keep giving him gravid females, he will often loose condition very quickly, resulting in him kicking eggs out or worse, him kicking the bucket.

Subject: Re: when will they come out Thu May 27, 2010 8:52 pm

next question. If I put some of the babies (up to 3/4 inch) in a tank with some really small corydora fry will they eat them? or would they just leave em alone

Subject: Re: when will they come out Thu May 27, 2010 11:20 pm

How small are the fry? Generally at that size the BN fry should leave well enough alone. In fact i would be surprised that either would have a go at each other. I reckon you would be safe.

I reccommend not moving the fry til they are old enough to deal with it, which is normally when they are about 1.5-2cms so you shoud be fine.

Subject: Re: when will they come out Fri May 28, 2010 12:43 pm

they are only about 4mm at the minute so will possibly leave them a while to grow

Subject: Re: when will they come out Fri May 28, 2010 1:36 pm

i have both together without any problems at the moment

Subject: Re: when will they come out Sat May 29, 2010 12:37 am

yeah, im with Deano. they would be fine together. the BN would only eat the dead fry and the dorys wont touch the BN