Albino BN spawning

[turfboss]

I have two females and one male Albino BN Ancistrus fanning in a cave and when I cam home this evening the male is still in the cave fanning but there was a pile of eggs (new??) sitting at the entrance to the cave - probably 70 or so - piled up in a really perfect pyramid. was going to snatch them out and put them into a tumbler but decided to wait to see what might happen - none of the other fish (this is in a community tank with 2 albino Hi-Fin Paleatus, 4 Tetras and 16 or so play's - no one was bothering the egg pile so just let it be for awhile - when I returned to check on the pile an hour or so later the neat egg pile was gone - am guessing the male BN was rearanging the eggs (back?) into the cave. Is this norml? - Any comments??

 

[Shane]

You might find this article helpful.
http://www.planetcatfish.com/shanes...istrus+101Spawning+Techniques+and+Fry+Rearing
-Shane

 

[verbal]

George congrats on your spawn. Planetcatfish in general is a great resource and the article Shane highlighted will be very helpful(even for those with some breeding experience).

I would probably let the male care for the eggs. If you want to maximize the fry survival it might be a good idea to remove the bigger tetras and platies, but you should end up with plenty of juveniles either way.

 

[Tony]

Congrats George.

It won't be long before you have an infestation.

 

[chriscoli]

[It won't be long before you have an infestation. [/QUOTE]

Niiiiice, Tony! But so true.

I didn't believe it till I saw how prolific mine were once they got going. They are lots of fun to raise!

Congrats, George!

 

[fishman13]

I remember the first time my bn's spawned, I had 50 babies