caserole Posted July 2, 2005 Report Share Posted July 2, 2005 well this is the 3 time my s/p - b/n have breed , this time I was expecting them to breed as there breeding once a month and i've been checking them every day after work for a week and a 1/2 now. but when I got home today the female was in the male's hole laying eggs . I checked them an hour later and a small bunch of pail yellow eggs were siting at the bottom of the tunnel with the male faning them and the female was siting just out side the hole skiny as, the second female was still full of eggs. 2 hours later I was feeding some of my other fry so I checked them again and found a female in the hole laying eggs , ?, I cheched the tank for the other female and realised this was the second female, both females had spawned ?? has any one noticed this before with other bristle nose species, I know I have not .Infact last time they breed I am positive only 1 of the females breed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi_man Posted July 2, 2005 Report Share Posted July 2, 2005 i'm pretty sure one of my females bred twice within a week. there was one big clutch of eggs and another clutch half the size. they laid them in a section of bamboo, so when they were about to come out i filled the tube with water then tipped that water into a breeding trap and i repeated that several times resulting with around 150 bn fry in the trap. next i noticed that some of the fry were without egg sacks and alot more developed than the other 40 or so that were quite young, so this proved my theory of there being two clutches of eggs, good for me lol :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 3, 2005 Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 But krib do you know if the same female did it twice or 2 different females once each? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatBrat Posted July 3, 2005 Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 Hey Stu, Congratz on the new spawn! How are the other babies going? How many do u have left? How big are they? It is quite common with many species of Pleco's to have more than one female spawn with the same male at the same time. When I was breeding my BN's, all 3 females would be on the same egg cycle, so they all spawned at the same time, and i would and up with 3 distinct clutchs of eggs in the males cave. Here is a report from a guy from Aussie that had 9 females spawn with one male at the same time HERE. Cheers, CatBrat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserole Posted July 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 I'm not sure how many I have maybe 20+, unfortunatly I did lose quit a few. there size verys from the slow growers at 1.5cm to 3cm, how ever most are in the middle 2 - 2.5 cm Just read that report CAT, the lucky bugger 8 females at once :lol: well that answers my question, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi_man Posted July 3, 2005 Report Share Posted July 3, 2005 caryl, i only have two bn's a male and female in the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.