baby bn update

As you will know if you have been following My blog I had a few troubles with My bristlenose eggs and of the first batch only one servived to hatch and become a baby bn. well its been a month (yesterday) since I found the serviveing and my first bn baby and I thought I would share some pics of how well he/she has grown

Its Update time again!!!

Its update time again!!!!!!!!

Yep I have two new pics of the "kids" they have been in the cave like scaredy fish for a while now but they are slowly getting up the courage to poke their fishy noses out and see wots around. They havent actualy left the cave yet but they are getting close to it. I had tried tempting them out by putting some mango at the entrence to the cave but the dad was being mean and kept moveing it away so he could eat it himself!!! I hope you enjoy these pics

Hi Guys I have a new update for you. The dad was off eating so I decided to check on the babies and do a quick tail count and took a pic. There are roughly between 39 and 42 babies!!!!!!! they tend to wriggle alot so it makes it harder to count but here is a pic for u to see them

yayyy hatchling turned into a fry!!!

well I got up this morning and did my normal check of the tanks makeing sure all the fish were ok and i saw a very small blob with a wriggleing tail on one of the plant leaves eating its very first meal!!!! I was able to take a pic but its kinda blury. the second blob you can see is a small snail. I looked at the other hatchlings and they were still in the cave wriggling their tails like mad so they should be out and about anytime soon now

I will keep you posted

They r wiggleing!!!!

Well I saw that the dad was over the other side of the tank today so I thought I would take a chance and peek at the hatchlings. While I was looking I managed to take a pic and a quick vid I hope you enjoy them

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

Lol what a difference a few hours can make. When I posted thoes pics earlyer i noticed that I could see eyes forming in the eggs so thought that they might start hatching in the next few days. So a few mins ago i started to feed them and I noticed the dad was acting a bit agressive to the other fish so i finished feeding them and went to feed the fish in the other tank when I came back he wasnt at the entrence to the cave anymore and I could see some things wriggleing so I moved closer and I could see these orange blobs with tails wriggleing about on the roof of the cave!!!! looking at the pic I took I think there is at least 10 that have hatched!!!!!

Well I know I said I was going to upload some pics and vids from the fish store I visited but im still going through them searching for the best ones ( I took alot lol ) So I thought I would do a update on the eggs instead.

If you scroll down further into the blog you will see the problems I had with the first batch of eggs. Ofcourse my hopes for this batch also went out the window with my hops of the dad fish looking after them as he seemed to have no interest in this new batch of eggs at all. The eggs have been moved all around the tank as if they were going on some sort of mystery tour, and its been keeping me very worried for their safety but Ive left them alon as I knew that the breeding pen might not be the right thing for them. Soooo yesterday the deadbeat dad finaly decided to do his job and look after the eggs. Ofcourse being as its him he isnt doing it exactly the way he should and Ive been told it could be becouse he dont feel any threats in the tank and thats why he is so casual with the eggs but im not sure. Anyway he has decided to stay close to the eggs, sometimes he stands over them, sometimes he is just really close. He has also changed locations for his "cave" from the log to the peice of bogwood I have in there. He is still moveing the eggs around but at least they r now staying close to that cave ( sometimes they are inside sometimes outside ) Anyway here are some pics.

Eggs part 2!!!

Ok we have our second batch of bristlenose eggs!!!!

And just like last time nothing is straight forward about this batch... The eggs are suposed to be in the cave the dad made UNDER the log but for some reason these eggs are on the outside of the cave, but at least he is looking after them as you can see in the one pic. So fins crossed these eggs will hatch properly!!

I also visited the fish store today and I got some great pics of some of their fish and one or two small vids which I will be uploading when I get the time

more updates

Well its update time again first up is some new pics of the baby bristlenose. With the first pic the angle makes him kinda blend into the colour of the rock. The second pic is him hideing at the side of the filter and the third pic is of him resting on top of the filter

I also have three vids for you. The first vis is of the baby bristlenose eating alge from the glass the other two are of his mom doing her job on two different days of cleaning the alge from the volcano in the tank

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E3dqE0DVLY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yKDWHmw8cg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0n4oXYlBEk