Pleco fry

[sas]

I've been waiting patiently for our bn pleco to stop babysitting to see how many fry
had survived. Finally opted to move his barnacle to a separate tank and raise some
fry after catching the fish bug again after Mondays meeting. Hubby is less than impressed
with the additional tank , oh well.
First pic is dad holding down the fort,

http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/holmside/IMG_0225.jpg

Next two pics are fry that are the first to be free swimming.

http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/holmside/IMG_0231.jpg

http://i974.photobucket.com/albums/ae223/holmside/IMG_0232.jpg

Don't look at the dirty tank, as I mentioned it was a spur of the moment
idea to set up the tank and move MR. Pleco. This is his second spawn but
the first that the fry are albino. I have three fry from a previous spawn from him but
they are all brown, so this guy has a harem of females .
Anyway just thought I'd share.

[ceci]

Very neat!!! Awesome share!

Excited to see how the fry turn out Maybe you'll even have some ready for aquamania!

What are you feeding them?

Ceci

[sas]

Thanks ya I was pretty pleased to see the male tending eggs again.
The newly hatched fry won't be fed til they absorb their yolk sac.
I feed a homemade food/crumble that's made by a fellow hobbyist, my snails
and plecos go crazy over it.
I would imagine this batch of fry won't be big enough for the auction but the previous
ones might be.

[Shawn84]

Congrats on the spawn

[exv152]

Thanks for sharing your photos, would be nice to see the previous batch of plecos at the auction!

[blueknight0303]

congratz on the spawn! i found this video some time ago! hope this helps if you want to breed more plecos! 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjTIPbSHRwE

[sas]

Thanks for posting that link to the video, those are some crazy big egg masses .

Just a quick update, dad has moved out of his barnacle and it looks like I
have about 13 fry.
And oh yes they are not albinos, but that's okay it nice to have babies anyway.