Baby Bn's

[LakeyGal]

Everyone loves a cucumber...

Attack that pesky veg...

 

[lilfishie]

they sure do love there cucumber, especially the fry. great pics. is the albino one of the parents?

 

[LakeyGal]

Albino is the Mammy...

 

[boyneburn]

This is a pic of some of mine.

 

[LakeyGal]

Kewl, the reflections make it look like they're taking over...

This is their Dad;

 

[lilfishie]

cool, did you get any albino fry from them?

 

[AlexAndCarmen]

Aaaw, those are just beautiful babies. Love the pics, gorgeous adults too.

 

[boyneburn]

Kewl, the reflections make it look like they're taking over...

This is their Dad;

There are about 80 of them altogether.

 

[stang1]

Fantastic photos, your babies are gorgeous!
How many have you got?

 

[kpintheshed]

quick question do the parents eat the fry?

 

[LakeyGal]

They hatched in a community tank so I only managed to save 20 ish into the nursery I got about 3 fry which are very much paler than the rest but I don't think they're going to be Albino as the eyes are black I'm quite looking forward to seeing how they turn out.......Dad did a marvellous job, effectively saw off sharks and everything.

As far as I am aware the parents merrily leave fry alone once hatched, but this is my first batch so I could be wrong..?

 

[stang1]

I've never bred BN's but I understand they make excellent parents and don't eat the fry.

 

[Teelie]

My adults haven't eaten any of the fry though they aren't too shy about taking the cucumber from them to eat for themselves. The fry are ravenous. I have to replace pieces of cucumber every day or two. I can leave it over night and come back to just the outer skin or tougher fiborous parts left.

 

[screamingdonkey]

Ok, ok, I'm being incredibly pedantic here.... but how can cucmber be the "magical fruit" when it's a vegetable???

Anyways, enuff of me being silly - they really are beauties!

 

[Darkstar]

As far as I am aware the parents merrily leave fry alone once hatched, but this is my first batch so I could be wrong..?

If the fry still have their egg sack intact then the adults may well see them as food, however once the egg sack has disappeared then the adults no longer see them as food.