Which Fish Eat Bristlenose Fry?

[tukituki]

my bn male is guarding some eggs in our community tank. just wondering if they do hatch successfully should i be moving them to our breeding tank so they don't get eaten? in the community tank there are: silver dollars, flying fox, loaches and a few non-threatening fish like neons and guppies. cheers.

[smidey]

i would suggest that most fish big enough to eat fry will do so. i have lost fry when housing them with clown loaches in the past as well.

[tukituki]

yes i'm most worried about my silver dollars as they are a decent size now, but still not full size yet. the 2 loaches are botica angelicus. trying to catch the fry will be interesting, if they do survive of course. the last lot of eggs were laid outside of a cave so they never hatched, these ones are inside a cave.

[Adrienne]

My young siamese fighters (1cm) will eat bn fry and pick at bn bigger than themselves until they kill them if given a chance. I believe they think that if it moves its food. :roll:

[tukituki]

mean fighters! sadly we don't have any siamese fighters anymore.

[Josh_S]

Ive got my GBA pair in their own tank now as the last spawning was a snack for their tank mates. They were in my african tank though so no surprises really. Wouldnt mind throwing in some small fish to make use of the top 90%, it looks like its empty most of the time. Would tetras or similar eat eggs or fry?

[tukituki]

i have my gba's breeding in a tank with lots of guppies, no problems at all.