Krissie Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 Right, so my inlaws gba has breed with his bn, and is now sitting with eggs. How long till the eggs hatch? The tank has to be treated with Furran 2, to try and get rid of 'columaris' that has killed off a few smaller fish. Will the Anti-biotics harm the eggs? While taking the larger, more expensive fish out last night, we took the log out of the water for about 15-20 min, as we did not realise the dad was in there, or that the eggs were in there either. We saw the eggs after we put the log back in. Dad is ok, and the eggs look clear and a nice yellow colour. Will having the eggs out for that amount of time cause them to die off? If all goes well, and the eggs hatch, what is the best thing to do with them? The tank only has neons, guppies, and swords left in there, as all the rest are in hospital tanks at my house. Any and all advice is needed and appreciated! Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 so a GBA and a Normal BN have interbred?? This is not encouraged to cross breed the species. if they do survive they will probably end up being wierd colours etc. im not 100% sure but i wouldnt let them breed again as cross breeding species just weakens the blood lines. They may need to be culled if they hatch to stop inbreeding, im not sure Good luck Rogan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 They are not cross breeding evil, the gba is merely a colour morph of the ordinary BN. Better to keep them separate thogh so you can get lots of gba or BNs and not a cross of the two. I doubt they will get weird colours, more likely some of the fry will be gbas and the majority will be common plain ones. Leave them now and see if the hatch Krissie. They will cope on their own. Baby BNs are quite large and good at fending for themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 lol owell i had it wrong... my bad Good Luck!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissie Posted July 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 cheers guys. The interbreeding was not intentional, actually thought the BN was just too young to have lots of bristles yet. It has them on it's gills and a few on the nose. The GBA is the male, which was very obvious, and he seems happy with his current job of looking after the eggs. The female is now out of the tank and will most likely not go back in. So how long till babies? i too am very curious as to what they will look like and i will most likely keep a small group of them in my two tanks. will keep you up to date with the outcome in regards to colours etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishboi Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 So how long till babies? should start to hatch in a couple of days. i am very interested to see what the baby come out like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted July 23, 2006 Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 i would seperate them after breeding also. mixing colour strains will weaken both but the GBA are probably classed as the strain you dont wana mess up as it took a while to get it to where it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissie Posted July 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2006 heres a reasonably good pic of the eggs and dad's tail. Wish he'd come out so i can see if he's ok or not! ( looks like photobucket shrunk it heaps!!! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cesarz Posted August 5, 2006 Report Share Posted August 5, 2006 Hi, I have seen some bristlenose in Auckland pet shops recently that were golden but speckled and spotted with black, maybe this will be the same result as this breeding of GBA and ordinary bristlenose. - cesarz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted August 5, 2006 Report Share Posted August 5, 2006 They could end up as described or the gold could be recessive and you get ordinaries split to gold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz Posted August 6, 2006 Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 Have you got any wrigglers yet Krissie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissie Posted August 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 all the eggs were thrown out by dad and quickly gobbled up by the others in the tank. I think the meds may have damaged them, although most looked ok to me. It was the first time for the dad looking after eggs so that may have something to do with it too. cheers for the help though guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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