Albino bushynose eggs - day 14 pics

[oenology]

These probably won't survive the night but I am so pleased to see the eggs. I grew these plecos from tiny juvies I got in an auction in Guelph about a year and a half ago.

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[Laura]

Great going!
Are you going to try and give them a breeding tube to see if they can give the next batch better protection? 

[beowulf]

Pretty cool indeed.  One of these days when I have the time to focus on it I want to try and breed some of my fish.  I am sort of trying now but don't have the time to do the research I would like to make things in the tanks the best they can be.

[babblefish1960]

Very cool indeed, it should be fascinating to see if they make it through the night. Here is hoping they do. Anymore pictures?

[oenology]

Amazing! They made it through the night with 4 clown loaches and 3 yoyo loaches, a bunch of rainbows, a pair of angels, cories, a pair of kribs and other plecos! The angels never succeed in protecting their eggs through the night. This is just too cool. And the fact that they are right at the front of the tank where I can easily see them is lots of fun.

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[babblefish1960]

That is great, perhaps you have a keeper there that could start you down a new avenue with BAP points you never even thought about.

[bitterman]

Thats AWSOME!!! Baby bns are soooo cute too!

[PaleoFishGirl]

Congrats, Jen! That's so exciting!

(that's a really pretty rainbow in the one picture too )

[sas]

That's great! Being a complete beginner would these be L144? Hope you have success with them!

[BigDaddy]

I am going to ask a dumb question:

Could you not just scoop out the eggs on the driftwood in their own container and move it over to another tank, or are you just going the natural route?

[oenology]

SAS: Not L144 because they are true albinos with red eyes. I have no clue as to their L #
BD: Natural route - I'm cutting back big time on the number of tanks I'm running right now in anticip[ation of huge renos this spring. And I don't know how sticky the eggs are. The peice of drift wood that they are on fills my 55g...

[bitterman]

BD: Natural route - I'm cutting back big time on the number of tanks I'm running right now in anticip[ation of huge renos this spring. And I don't know how sticky the eggs are. The peice of drift wood that they are on fills my 55g...

Trying to remove the eggs from the drift would result in their death. I tried it with some normal bn egss on rocks I pulled out when catching my labs and it did not go well at all (None survived for me).

Bruce

[BigDaddy]

Trying to remove the eggs from the drift would result in their death. I tried it with some normal bn egss on rocks I pulled out when catching my labs and it did not go well at all (None survived for me).

Bruce

Even if the rocks/wood remain submersed the entire time?

[bitterman]

Even if the rocks/wood remain submersed the entire time?

The problem is removing them from the driftwood or Rock the eggs are a big gelatinace ball and most fo the eggs will be crushed if removed from the spot they are layed. Also the male Bn plays a large roll in the eggs hatching. Moving the eggs and Bn will make the male very upset! and who know what will occur.

Bruce

[oenology]

Just an update - eggs are still there - pappa is doing a good job taking care of them. I'll post more pictures as the eggs change but so far they look the same as in the beginning except for a faint whitish spot on each of them.

[BigDaddy]

Cool Jen!

[zapisto]

very nice

[oenology]

Eggs now have tails! I'm not sure if they will make it now because a few of them are no longer right near papa but have been moved away a bit by the current. I tried to get some photos - this is the best one. You can see one of the "eggs with tails" at about 10 O'clock from the bushynose's head.

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[PaleoFishGirl]

Wow, they're tough to see but once you see one you can start to pick out others. How many do you think you have left?

[oenology]

Day 8 pictures - they didn't turn out very good - I couldn't get the wiggling eggs-with-tails in focus but there is a bunch of them. Papa has now got them moved further into the hollow in the wood.

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