I bought some little 4cm peppermint bristlenoses a few years ago and 6 to 8cm they bred for me.
It was quite a surprise as this was a new tank I had just gotten set up for them.
Tank: 4ft x 18" x 18".
Filtration: Just an undergravel filter, no canister or internal power filter.
Tank furniture: round clay logs, and some anubias plants on driftwood.
Food: Hikari algae wafters, Sera Flora flake and cucumber.
Temperature: 26C
I didnt even know the fish were mature yet and I was greeted one night with loads of little peppermint fry all sitting up on the front glass.
Fry food: same as for the adults but crushed a little finer.
I eventually sold the peppermint colony to changeover to some L number plecos but just before they left, one pair left me a little present of eggs for me to hatch and raise so I photographed and catalogued their growth.
Adults
Male:
Female:
Hatched day one:
Two days old in egg tumbler:
Six days old and still with egg sacs:
First food soft cucumber
In frysaver:
50 fry at 33 days old
Moved out of frysaver into main tank at 33 days old
It was quite a surprise as this was a new tank I had just gotten set up for them.
Tank: 4ft x 18" x 18".
Filtration: Just an undergravel filter, no canister or internal power filter.
Tank furniture: round clay logs, and some anubias plants on driftwood.
Food: Hikari algae wafters, Sera Flora flake and cucumber.
Temperature: 26C
I didnt even know the fish were mature yet and I was greeted one night with loads of little peppermint fry all sitting up on the front glass.
Fry food: same as for the adults but crushed a little finer.
I eventually sold the peppermint colony to changeover to some L number plecos but just before they left, one pair left me a little present of eggs for me to hatch and raise so I photographed and catalogued their growth.
Adults
Male:
Female:
Hatched day one:
Two days old in egg tumbler:
Six days old and still with egg sacs:
First food soft cucumber
In frysaver:
50 fry at 33 days old
Moved out of frysaver into main tank at 33 days old
