Plecos spawned

[Madness]

I just went down stairs and saw a pile of pleco eggs in my little nano tank. Which means I will hopefully have some baby long finned Green Dragon Bristlenose real soon. The tank has a few pests in it (damn snails) so hopefully they dont harm the eggs before they hatch. This will be my first pleco spawn. :cheers:

If dad ever comes out of the log, I will get some pictures of them all.

 

[DMD123]

congrats! :clap:

 

[Anonymous]

Yeah, that's awesome. Pictures would be appreciated 8)

 

[Madness]

Here is the best I can do at this time.

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[Anonymous]

I don't get it

Don't quit your day job! Haha :tongue:

 

[Madness]

Don't quit your day job! Haha :tongue:

Dont have to, I dont have one. Retired!! For now.

 

[InfamousRedlineZ]

Greats mad! I'm expecting for you to sell me some right?! please say yes

 

[Nobettername]

That's awesome! :cheers: :spoton: Those are so cool looking ! Almost got one last week

 

[DMD123]

Worst pleco drawings ever! Now if you said they were betta, then I might say good job! :joker:

 

[Ubermunch]

Dont hold your breath on the dad leaveing. My albino bristlenose just spawned and the eggs hatched so i thought that he might leave nope. the babies left before he did. 3 survived that i can tell

 

[Madness]

But what's confusing is there is a pile of eggs out side of the log and he still won't come out of it.

 

[Madness]

 

[lloyd378]

Nice, an oddly enough, I see the resemblance in your drawings. Good luck with the hatchings!

 

[DMD123]

Odd about the eggs.... dont they usually go in the cave? :scratch:

 

[Betty]

Congrats on the spawn!

Before my bristlenose males learned how to keep the eggs in their caves, they had a batch or two kicked out into the tank, so I would put the eggs into a breeder box or a net with an airstone to somewhat simulate the male fanning them and they developed fine that way.

 

[Anonymous]

congrats!
I love plecos good luck that they hatch

 

[Madness]

Congrats on the spawn!

Before my bristlenose males learned how to keep the eggs in their caves, they had a batch or two kicked out into the tank, so I would put the eggs into a breeder box or a net with an airstone to somewhat simulate the male fanning them and they developed fine that way.

How long before they hatch. Cichlids hatch in 4 days, are plecos similar?

 

[Madness]

Greats mad! I'm expecting for you to sell me some right?! please say yes

If they survive, darn right I will be selling them. I see 1 inchers going for $15. Grant it I wont be selling them for that much, but for a good price. I paid a pretty penny for this pair, time to recoup my money.

 

[InfamousRedlineZ]

Once they do hatch please let me know. I am also interested in buying some other of your fishes too! I need take mates for my arowana and oscars! Again Congratulation!

 

[Betty]

How long before they hatch. Cichlids hatch in 4 days, are plecos similar?

I would say if you look closely, they might be starting to hatch now.

I found these eggs outside the cave one morning -- I don't know how long they had been in the cave before they were kicked out.

Two days later you can see some of them are out.

And two more days...

This was five and a half days after putting the eggs in the breeder box. It doesn't take them long!

That particular male had the eggs come out of his log (the same one you are using) a few times before he (and I) got it right. I ended up elevating the open end a little bit and now that he's very experienced, there are no problems with it not being elevated.


One other thing... it's possible that he has more eggs inside the cave. I've had that happen as well, where some of the eggs were kicked out, but not all of them.