Albino BNP breeding (journal)...new pics added!

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Albino BNP breeding (journal)...new pics added!

Post by Crissyloach » Sat Mar 19, 2011 2:04 pm

So, yesterday morning I noticed different behaviour from my 2 plecos. The female was in his cave, under him. Usually, the female is on one side of the tank, and the male on other. I already knew that it HAD to mean something, and they have reached the breeding age. They were definitely conditioned- lots of veggies fed over the past 3-4 weeks. I wouldn't have thought anything about the female being filled with eggs- she was always fat from the beginning. Anyway, this morning, I woke up, and went to check on them, and turn on the light. Right away, I noticed a cluster of orange eggs! Daddy pleckie is fanning away! :)

I am going to set up the 10 gallon breeder tank for him, his cave, and the eggs- the loaches and other fish are being nosy, and I bet since the eggs are near the front of the cave the moment he turns around, or gets distracted others will go right in, and have a snack.

That is all for now- updates coming soon! :)
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Post by Crissyloach » Sun Mar 20, 2011 7:06 pm

Daddy pleckie has quit his fatherly duties. Eggs are going into a breeding trap, with an airstone. Hopefully we get something out of this!
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Post by starsplitter7 » Mon Mar 21, 2011 9:05 pm

He's a new dad. Maybe they didn't get fertilized. Took mine a little while to figure it out, but they are good to go now.

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Post by Crissyloach » Tue Mar 22, 2011 9:48 pm

That is what I was thinking. BUT: it actually looks like some will hatch!!
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Post by Crissyloach » Wed Mar 23, 2011 6:27 pm

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!! Pleckios are hatching!
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Post by Crissyloach » Wed Mar 23, 2011 11:21 pm

We have about 25 so far...updates later tomorrow!! Its a promise. lol :)
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Post by Crissyloach » Thu Mar 24, 2011 6:22 am

ok! So I got a count, and we have closer to 30. More are still hatching- definite # by tomorrow at the latest.
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Post by Crissyloach » Mon Mar 28, 2011 8:54 pm

Oopsies! Forgot to post the update. lol We have a good strong group of 45 little peach coloured plecos. Sooo cute! Checking out a cucumber wedge right now. :)
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Post by Crissyloach » Thu Mar 31, 2011 7:35 am

They are all eating some zucchini now. We lost one, but this is the one who wasn't right since the beginning. The others are still GREAT!!
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Post by starsplitter7 » Thu Apr 07, 2011 8:06 am

How are they doing? Aren't they just the cutues things? Not only do I love BN, but I love BN fry. :)

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Post by Crissyloach » Thu Apr 07, 2011 3:20 pm

They are doing SOOO GREAT!! I love em- they are tooo cute!! I will try to post some pics here- I wish it was easier... :|
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Post by Crissyloach » Mon May 23, 2011 5:01 pm

Of course I didn't update this- lol anyway. The second batch has been here for a while now, since the 6th.

Pleco pics:

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The pair

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The eggs (of course it cut part of the pic off...oh well...you get the point.)...Thumbnail?

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ehh...itl do.

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The 1st batch- 3 days old

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The 1st batch- less than 2 weeks

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The 1st batch- around a month

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The 1st batch of course- recent pic.

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Post by Crissyloach » Thu May 26, 2011 10:42 pm

All are doing well today.

Batch number 3 should be coming soon!! :D Any time now!!!
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Post by Crissyloach » Mon May 30, 2011 3:15 pm

3rd batch of eggs were laid today. So far so good! Looks like more than last time.
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Re: Albino BNP breeding (journal)...new pics added!

Post by glenna » Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:09 pm

VERY cool!
thanks for posting.....so what are you feeding those tiny babies?

do you have multiple males with one female....or a pair that you know will breed?
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