Squidlet Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Hey guys On December 7th last year, my bristlenoses bred for the first time, with 19 successful offspring. My male dug a hole under some driftwood and looked after the babies which hatched on the 13th until just before christmas when I removed them. Now tonight, just over a month later my boy has dug another hole in the same place, and is dancing with his mate all over the tank :facepalm: Hes being very aggressive towards my other fish just like before so I am going to assume hes at it again. This is very inconvenient timing as I will be moving my two tanks to my new flat in a couple of weeks. That aside however I am concerned with the short period of time between matings. If they were to continue like this all year I could have 12 hatches of babies and one very tired mama bristlenose! Is it possible for them to just continue breeding like this?? Its taken two years for them to grow big enough and ugly enough to breed, and now I don't want them to become stressed out. Would separating them at this point cause more stress? (im thinking of pair bonding that birds undergo). Anyone else had experience breeding bristlenoses? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrazyGeoff Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 He he he, it's actually the male who wll suffer the most as he will be too busy guarding the fry to eat. They will continue to breed until they decide to stop. They do not seem to pair bond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Mine did nothing for years then suddenly bred non-stop for several months then stopped again. No idea why :dunno: Doesn't matter if you are moving tanks. You will just lose a batch of eggs, or fry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squidlet Posted January 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Ok, so separating them wouldn't cause an issue, but are you saying that theoretically they will stop when they have had enough so to speak? So wouldn't need to separate them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 I guess if they were in the wild, they would no when enough is enough :roll I would leave them be, they will know when they have had enough of each other Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepsnana Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 I bought a breeding pair. In my tank NOTHING happened. He's now in a sick tank, so I got a couple of new females and a new male. Within a day the new male was guarding eggs. I guess they can go off it if they change tanks. :dunno: This is my first breeding, so I'm very anxious to see how many spawn :happy2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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