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Hi all I have several bristlenose babies and one of my husband's friends from work runs a discus tank and said he would like two of the babies. I am sure I have read somewhere that they suck the discus good slime off, is that a myth or true. Should I give this guy babies or rater explain to him that it could be harmfull to his discus? Thanks in advance for any advice

Hi :bounce: You must pop by one afternoon and come and look at the bristlenose babies, they are super cute

Thanks I will pop into animates tomorrow and see if they sell nice big ones. I don't have one at home

Well since the females do look pregnant, what about a large breeding trap

aww thanks Gill I am having a teeny problem now, my platties leave all the babies during the day but at night if I do not turn the light off early enough they start hunting and :-? eating the babies There is still many so its not a Huge problem, I was just wondering for advice. I also think two of my females are pregnant (platties) cause they have darker tummies near the back of their tales than the male and its getting bigger each day.

Awww Congrats !!!! I know your excitement, just wait until you see the first brave little one come out of hiding, its even more excitable than actualy finding them :bounce:

Aww guys the babies are out Well seven of them the other are still being chicken and hiding by dad http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1335928085243

Thanks for all the information everyone. I will most probably have a look at how quick they spawn again, if they spawn to quick I will have to find homes for the two females and only keep my two males then. I might keep some babies just to see them grow and once sex is established find them homes too. If the breed like rabbits I am going to be unable to find them homes everytime, I am battling to find these little ones homes now. I will see how it goes

Hi all, thanks for the warm welcome.

In September last year I bought myself four little bristlenoses. They were about three to four cm at the time. They grew up beautifully with my one male being almost ten cm now. But my smallest male he is about 8cm picked a female she is also small she is about six cm and they spawned lots of little babies. I can't really count them, they are all hiding under their driftwood, but there are many. My one platty female seems to be poking around the log to much for the other bristlenoses to handle, even the male that is not the parent swims over to chase her away as well as the mom and other female. Will she eat them, should I remove her or just let it be. I am not one who wants to make money out of my fish, they are purely for my enjoyment, I love looking at them and caring for them. How would you advice me going about finding them homes and how often are they going to spawn? . I am currently feeding a fresh zuchini everyday as well as hikari algae wafers. Zuchini used to only be a treat ever third or second day, but now that I am putting it everyday my tank also seems to not be cloudy but have lots of little white dust size pieces floating about, is that ok? Sorry about this essay of questions, but like I said these are my first little ones and I have no idea what to do

Hi there My name is Melanie and I have only started my aquarium hobby two years ago. I had to look after my son's birthday fish which were four mountain minnows in a little goldfish bowl and I have upgraded to a 200 litre tank now. I have four bristlenoses (my absolute favourite fish ever) five danio's (used to have more but they have died) and three platties. Well my one male plattie has a sword tail, he looks very handsome, I was told he could be a cross bred. I joined because I was suprised with several of little bristlenose babies and have absolutely no idea what to do, but I will look for the appropriate thread to ask more advice there.