hello, I have a adult Bristlenose in a tank that i would like to put my batch of baby corys in to grow out. The babies would easily fit into the mouth of this guy as they are about 5 weeks old.I am wondering if the fella will just see them as a fast meal. They are currently in his tank but in a breeder. There are other platy babies in there that he doesnt seem to bother with but i guess they are not tootering around on the bottom on his turf.

Has anyone actually done this? i dont really want to test it out as i would feel just terrible if it was just a masacre.

Thanks in advance guys you are always so helpful

Leah

The babies will be fine, bristlenoses don't bother fry.

I always raised baby corries in a bare tank, sometimes with other similar sized fish. I don't know if they will get eaten, (though I would suspect so). The other risk is that he will eat all the food before the babies get it. Best to raise them in a bare tank on their own or with similar sized babies that are not bottom feeders.

The babies will be fine, bristlenoses don't bother fry.

+1

My bristle nose ate the cory eggs when they spawned, but once they hatched the fry never got eaten by the bristle noses

should be all okay although this is a old post hehe

haha, woops, didnt notice randomsam had bumped it.

haha, woops, didnt notice randomsam had bumped it.

Yeah, he did 17 today by my count...

Yeah, he did 17 today by my count...

hehe, i noticed that as well

hehe, i noticed that as well

I noticed most of them, and resisted the urge to comment on them, but managed to miss this one.