misnoma Posted May 30, 2005 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 So... I have had a male bristlenose for a few weeks now, and after his initial few days sulking I would see him at least once a day out and about, and food/courgette would disappear quite happily. Niloc came over the other evening to pick up some baby(ish) cons that were in the same tank, and to catch em we had to move the driftwood around somewhat (quick wee buggers they are ). We discovered the back half of the male b/n sticking out of a drilled hole in the bogwood, and even as we lifted it out of the water he just didn't want to come out of there So we left the wood in the tank, moving it a few times to get the cons out, and have carefully replaced it so as not to crush the poor guy. Now I understand he'll be stressed about now, and occasionally I walk past and see his tail move, but that's all I've seen just this tail sticking out of a hole which moves very occasionally. Is it possible he's gotten stuck in there? Obviously I'm not all that keen to grab him by the tail and drag him kicking and screaming out of there if he's just being a fraidy cat and chilling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted May 30, 2005 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 ummm.. yes... he is stuck I had the same problem with one of my BN... had a plastic bolt fall into the tank and the bn swam into it but couldn't get out.. had red welts on its body so I just picked him up and yanked him out. he was ok swam away rather fast but red welts have healed really well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misnoma Posted May 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 okie... extraction time after work it is then.. should provide entertainment of sorts I guess.. hope he's okies :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted May 30, 2005 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 Not to worry I have a spare male if you need. :lol: good chance for me to come and visit you :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatBrat Posted May 30, 2005 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 I'd be very careful if I was you, getting him out. He will almost certainly extend his odontodes (the spiky things around his gill plate), and these will wedge him in tighter, and make it almost impossible to get him out undamaged. Pleco's like to wedge theselves into tight place's (and it's normal for them to stay in them when you take what they are hiding on out of the water), and more often than not get themselves out. I would leave him a few more days to make sure that its not just his hide out. Can you check after the lights have been out for a couple of hours, or in the early morning to see if he is coming out? Cheers, CatBrat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowman Posted May 30, 2005 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 My male B/Nose won't come out of his helicopter, i can take it out and there is no way he will come out but he's out eating at night. It's the one ornament i cant remove from the tank. I've found that he takes off when there is a light on or torch shined into the tank so now use the video camera set on 0lux to see him in the dark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misnoma Posted May 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 I got home tonight, and he was further out than I've seen him before, far enough imo that he could have gotten himself out... of course he disappeared straight back in there when I looked over heh.. have left a couple of wafers out and turned the lights off early... I'm unstressed about not seeing him, just want to make sure he's happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucid Posted May 30, 2005 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 The other possibilty is also that he may be fanning eggs in there, depending on howtight the gap is, specially if he is reluctant to leave the whole. My male and femaleb/n's don't even look at each other and neither of them have ever crammed into a tiny we hole. B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misnoma Posted May 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 I was wondering that, there is a female in the tank if it is the poor wee guy has had a hard time of it... him and the eggs lifted clean out of the water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misnoma Posted June 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 Hrm.. well he's still in there, has been over a week now, and he just got to ride in his driftwood from the old tank to the new 430L tank... when I picked up the driftwood carefully before moving it he was nearly half out of the hole (I could see his widest part easily) and he didn't seem stuck, in fact he was still moving, so carefully moved the driftwood to the new tank. Hopefully one of these days he'll sort himself out hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misnoma Posted June 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 *sigh*... they are sent to test me The tail you can see in the bottom of the log is the male, he's been there for ages.. however it seems the female has taken a liking to the top! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misnoma Posted June 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 Happy they were both out and playing in the new tank this evening, even with the lights on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jude Posted June 8, 2005 Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 She probably stuck her head in and yelled at him to get out of bed and get some exercise :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingBird Posted June 8, 2005 Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 Good to hear they're alright, awesome picture! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misnoma Posted June 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2005 woop! there are two babies cruising around the glass of the tank as we speak.. dad's still head first in the cave fanning, so hopefully more will emerge :D :D :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted June 19, 2005 Report Share Posted June 19, 2005 How cool is that! Unfortunately I couldn't see the pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misnoma Posted June 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2005 Will get pics of the babies up later tonight hopefully, have seen 8-10 now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowman Posted June 19, 2005 Report Share Posted June 19, 2005 Probably they are the ones that got away from him, i usually get that with the GBA, they are usually hatched for 5-6 days before he lets them venture out, be weary if you have any other fish in the same tank as i found small swordtails pecking at the fry. Good luck with the fry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misnoma Posted June 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2005 Cheers only other fish in the tank are two small tetras, so will hopefully be okay. Will keep an eye on em though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misnoma Posted June 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 Update.. came home tonight and counted 48 fry all about the place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faran Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 Wow, hope that happens to us! Glad to hear he wasn't stuck and you're a grandaddy. So are they just normal bristlenose? Would be keen to see some pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misnoma Posted June 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 I'll charge my camera just as soon as I work out where the gf tidied it too :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misnoma Posted June 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 have to post these Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 Aha! So there really ARE baby bristlenoses. I was starting to wonder if you were imagining them Would your g/f like to come and stay with us? We could do with someone who tidies things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misnoma Posted June 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 heheh.. I do need to go to the south island again sometime, I miss home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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