LF BNs have started!

[Irene0100]

came down this morning to find young longfin male BN (not full size yet has only just got his bristles) in cave with adult gold stripe trying her best to get in and oust him. I assumed it was territory dispute, but as she is quite hairy i did not want him hurt as she is much heftier than him, so I lifted the cave and they both shot out. inside was nice yellow cluster!
so I have mover the Gold stripe to QT tank so he can have some peace. he is back in the cave and fanning, but as its his first they may not be fertile or the stress may make him eat them, I will wait and see.

 

[Joby]

Look forward to seeing if they hatch :thumbup:

 

[Doodles]

Good luck, hopefully they will hatch:yes:

 

[foti]

well done when you say young small how long is he and im thinking the lf abn female is much older ? or same age?
congrats again even if they wont hatch they will be at it again soon enough aslong as he does not eat them!

 

[Irene0100]

hi, they are the same size, i bought them both as babies, the body length is just under 3 inches. he is still fanning this morning.

 

[Bigjohnnofish]

being his first spawn she could use a surrogate dad......
yes you read that correctly - surrogate dad... been experimenting with changing eggs over in caves and seeing if the male will still fan them and hatch them up.... with good success.... im currently trying this with similar species but not the same breed of fish... shhhhh top secret :whistle::whistle::whistle:

 

[Irene0100]

can see babies, not good pic but can see wrigglers have long tails!

 

[stannyblade]

the only place mine will spawn is in a fake hollow log they wont go near a slate cave LOL

 

[Joby]

Cute little boogers <3

 

[foti]

thats always a gr8 sight
it always put a smile on my face

congrats

 

[Irene0100]

progressing well for first brood.
have some more pics heres dad, he is now venturing out to eat.
sorry rubbish pic, too many refelctions and snails!

I am really pleased, looks like the babies are a mix of brown and golden colours!

 

[Joby]

Great pics Irene, good to see they are doing well :clap:

 

[mr_jacks]

i have a peppermint that looks like he is fanning inside a drift wood log would that mean there is eggs in there cause i only had them for 2 months

 

[mr_jacks]

and how long did it take for your long fins to start breeding ive had them for a year and they dont seem to be near any of the caves

 

[Irene0100]

I guess I have had them for about 6 months, they are not fully grown yet.
I have a second pair in another tank, the same age, who are not breeding yet but I suspect they wont becasue of their tank mates.
what other fish do you have in with the BNs?