Goldie Posted November 9, 2003 Report Share Posted November 9, 2003 Well, my bristlenosed catfish have been busy and today at least 7 - 12 babies scuttled out of the nest (in a false log where Dad has been keeping them) and quickly hid around the uplift u/g filter and other places like that. I have heavily planted the corners of the tank and weighted the plants with slate to stop the geophagus from up rooting them. This gives the babies more places to hide. They would be 1/4 - 1/2 inch long already and I am thrilled to pieces. A neighbour and I have been watching them for the past hour or two. The only other fish in the tank I would worry about are the clown loaches and hopefully the extra plants and rocks will afford extra hiding places. I am now worrying that there will be enough algae for the babies to feed on. I just had to share the news with ya'all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.L Posted November 9, 2003 Report Share Posted November 9, 2003 Congrats Goldie I can't get my pair to even lay eggs : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nztrudy Posted November 9, 2003 Report Share Posted November 9, 2003 Hey, congrats, so exciting, i have 2 males at the mo, must go and get a couple of females so i can have some babies 2 :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.L Posted November 9, 2003 Report Share Posted November 9, 2003 How long does it take for Bristlenose to become mature enough to lay eggs !? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldie Posted November 9, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2003 TY TY .........Big smiles here. awww I thought they would never reproduce....... The males I bought at the Napier Auction a year ago (I think it was) and the females were about the same age (a year or so). I have guessed it is around two - three years ............. I have the feeling that these ones have breed before and the clown loaches had live food in the other tank. Since changing them to this tank (the original leaked) they just settled down and claimed this hollow log ....... three weeks later ............babies. To me the babies are a bonus for I just strive to have happy, healthy fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suemack Posted November 9, 2003 Report Share Posted November 9, 2003 congratulations Goldie - to you and your little finned ones does this mean you'll be spending the night cooking courgettes :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted November 9, 2003 Report Share Posted November 9, 2003 Well done! Don't forget to register them when they are a month old. If you have more than 10 at that time, get the neighbour to confirm the numbers and we will believe her/him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted November 9, 2003 Report Share Posted November 9, 2003 Congratulations Goldie First time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldie Posted November 9, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2003 Thanks for the warm support ya'all. <--------bad Texan accent. Will do Caryl - hopefully there will be more than 10 survive. Oh sue they just get raw veges LOL. Wok - yes the first bristlenoses that have breed for me. Chris and NZtrudy I am sure your bristlenoses will in time. My tank is a little on the acidic side (6.6 - 6.8 ) due to the extra wood in there and around 27 - 28 degrees because of the discus in there. I am not even sure that these minor changes have had anything to do with the spawning. Also the water changes were around 4 - 5 days apart. That is the only differences from the other tank ........... oh and the new place of course. (the ceramic log). Sure hope your bristlenoses start producing for the fry are just amazing and so quick . zipping along munching invisible algae. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennis Posted November 9, 2003 Report Share Posted November 9, 2003 the wood will help i been told they love wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northland chic Posted November 9, 2003 Report Share Posted November 9, 2003 Congrats! I noticed little babies come out from under the log in my 4 ft on the 27th of September, from what I have read they would have been between a week or 2 old. I noticed my female and male both under the log on the evening of the 27th October. I saw their second lot of babies on the 5th November. Mine only have about 10 at a time. My female is only about 5cm long, I thought she was too small to breed. So far I have found the babies to be quite hardy, changing them into another tank when they were about a month old. I took the babies out because I had read that it they would be more inclined to breed again. Hope you have a great time with your babies they are so cute and tiny. Such a joy at watch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted November 9, 2003 Report Share Posted November 9, 2003 Happy Days Goldie Always great to see something different in the fry line swimming in the tanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted November 9, 2003 Report Share Posted November 9, 2003 Hi Goldie, congrats indeed. Well done ! Do the babies keep you awake at night ?? hahahahaha :lol: :lol: :lol: Any pix at a later date ? Cheers Robbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldie Posted November 10, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2003 thanks dennis, Pegasus, robbo and northland chic. they are surviving ........ I have counted eleven and that is all I see. The plants and wood sure do help them hide. They love the uplift tubes and filter out put nozzle. Congratulation to you northland chic........ they sure are time wasters .I can hardly stop watching them. So wonderful I did a small water change tonight and they seemed happy with it all. Ahhhhh now if I had tried to breed them I probably would still be waiting. My other tank is being tested for leaks now. It should be up and running in a few weeks. Hubby is putting a cupboard onto the stand for me. I am relying on Caryl and Grant to take pics next time they travel this way and if the fry survive. Thanks C & G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carla Posted November 17, 2003 Report Share Posted November 17, 2003 We have just counted (by shifting them into another tank) and there are 17 so far, with at least another 5 sighted in the big tank. This is the first time they have bred after being in the tank for about 8 months now. Very exciting! We now have a baby tank with baby guppies, baby cories and baby bristlers including 3 surviving paradise babies. Why do we need to have them registered Caryl? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted November 17, 2003 Report Share Posted November 17, 2003 The registering refers to FNZAS members only carla. The FNZAS has a breeding scheme and competition to encourage people to breed their fish. When fry reach 1 month, and they have at least 10 of them, the club breeding coordinator will verify the numbers then send off to the FNZAS for a certificate for that member. The member gets different points depending on whether they have bred the species before or not. At the end of the year the points are tallied and the member with the most points wins the breeding trophy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 Do you get more points for a re-breed or for a first time spawning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 You only get a certificate the first time you breed something and a permanent record is only kept of initial breeds. The re-breed record is 'zeroed' at the end of the breeding year (1 April - 31 March). There are seperate trophies for the most new breedings and the most re-breedings in a year. Also both new breedings and re-breeds contribute to points for your club to determine which club receives the club breeding trophy, re-breeds contribute less points. The FNZAS system doesn't use different points values for perceived difficulty of breeding - it only acknowledges that you have successfully bred a particular species of fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 Well put young fella Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carla Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 sounds like our cactus club trophies and competitions. Ah well being clubless up here means no trophies and no nights out. Not sure if I am happy about that or not Although i must say the fish club secretaries and presidents have rallied around us at the molly hunt to get us to join "their" club. Not sure which one is going to give us the best deal.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 Thanks for the explanation Rob. Very clear and even this thicko got it. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 We didn't make him the national breeding coordinator for nothing now did we? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suemack Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 ummmm.....just wondering .....do you get points for breeding guppies? :-? - sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 Oh yes Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldie Posted January 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2004 LOL reclaiming the thread..................have a look at the pics in the catfish section of the babies which have grown well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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