Baby Bristlies

[Mad Duff]

Got some photos of my baby bristlenoses tonight

 

[jayjay]

Wow they can't be very old? Just a few days? Hope i can breed my BN's one day

 

[wuvmybetta]

darling! That's a first for me. I see that only so many have eyes? What's that all about?

 

[RadaR]

Cool, never seen baby Bns before.

 

[wuvmybetta]

Awww....so tiny!!!

darling! That's a first for me. I see that only so many have eyes? What's that all about?

Looks like albino The coloring's different as well.

hah, brainiac! That must be it.

 

[Mad Duff]

The ones with eyes are 2 days old the ones without are only a day old or less, the parents of these are only about 10 months old and this is their first batch of young.

 

[wuvmybetta]

That's awesome, congrats! I've never had bn's before, but they're really cute!

 

[saboy]

Thats great, Im gonna try to breed them one day , not on the top of my list at the moment

 

[insanityseeker]

always wondered what the young would look like!!! cheers!! congratulations too!!!

 

[SamUK]

awesome pics.



always wondered what baby plecs would look like and now i kno, mr oizo!!

 

[~T~]

Awww I remember when mine still looked like little orange sperms, now they are cm long eating machines that infest every nook and cranny of my tank

 

[Bloo]

They are super cute ! please keep us update with growth piccies !

 

[Mad Duff]

The ones with eyes are 2 days old the ones without are only a day old or less, the parents of these are only about 10 months old and this is their first batch of young.

I stand corrected! What a difference a day makes!

Seems we were both right, it is the first time I have had albino fry from a normal pair of adults, all the 2 day old fry were normals but half of the 1 day old fry were albino. I have a mix of normal fry, albino fry and about 6 mottled black and white fry.

Here are a few pics of them now they are 5 days old, couldnt get a decent picture of the mottled ones but will try next time.

 

[voo]

Just out of interest what do you feed them?
Do they eat liquid food like other baby fry? Or do they go straight on to sucking algae?

 

[Mad Duff]

Just out of interest what do you feed them?
Do they eat liquid food like other baby fry? Or do they go straight on to sucking algae?

They get a small peice of cucumber on a morning with some liquifry and powdered bloodworm or trout paellet on an evening again with liquifry, if the male had looked after them they would have had a good supply of algae but unfortnatley I had to remove the eggs so they are in their own 5 gallon tank.