Do females fan eggs ive got an albino that i thought was a female but is in cave fanning eggs he/she only as bristles on the tip of her/his lip

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How big is 'it' ? As 'it' could just be a young male. Very rarely (if at all with commons) will a female have any bristles at all. Well with the breeders iv had none of the females have ever had bristles. Peppermint bristlenose on the otherhand usually have 2 small bristles on the tip of there nose and when they are older a small row of tiny bristles around the lip. Do you know if there are eggs in the cave or is the supposed female just hiding in there?

If you post a pic i will tell you straight away,,,,

thanks for the replys as kfenk said he/she only as a small row of tiny bristles around the lip and yes their are eggs in the cave and it is full grown . Curby i'll get a pic when he/she comes out of the cave and is in view for the camera

I've never really heard of females fanning before, but I've always wondered if it was possible...
Is he/she the only one in the cave fanning, or does /he/she switch with any other of your BNs in the tank to fan?
How large is he/she (cm/inches)?

~Tegan

im no good @ judging sizes lol but full grown and yes he/she is the only one in the cave my other male ( avi ) is in the other cave fanning his eggs

How many other BN's are in the tank apart from the two with eggs

theirs 4 adults and to many fry to count lol

What sexes are the adults?

i have seen females fan before. happens when there is little flow in the tank and they are hiding in a cave. they need to move the water around to get more fresh water with O2. least thats my theory.

not saying its a female, just cobfusing it even more!

managed to get a couple of pics not the best as i was rushung doing water change and had filter out of tank

def a male. may have small bristles but it has a males nose bump

Your albino looks male to me, without even looking at his bristles his whole shape is that of a male.

Some males are less endowed in with bristles than others.

What ever happened to the eggs he was fanning?

thanks for sorting that out for me it looked like the other male (avi) kicked the albino out of his cave and did'nt see any eggs in cave after that :-( their isa lot of tiny fry around the tank so some could be off the albino but seeing as i only have the 1 albino the dont always produce albino fry (so ive been told)

ive took the brown male out of the B'n tank and put him in the tropheus tank give the albino a chance lets see what happens. watch this space