Bristlenose pleco breeding

[brewmaster15]

Well He is on eggs again.. I noticed a bunch outside the cave. Unusual as she always lays in the cave... so.I looked in the cave and sure enough theres eggs in there with the male.
I just pushed the outside eggs in.

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[LizStreithorst]

Sometimes the male will kick the eggs out.

[jwcarlson]

I happens that the male will not drop out of the cave even if his life depended on it.

I thought maybe it was just me. But I couldn't get that fella out for the life of me. It's incredible how well they can hang on in there.

[Charlyc11]

I thought maybe it was just me. But I couldn't get that fella out for the life of me. It's incredible how well they can hang on in there.

That's why I leave him in and shake out the fry.

[jwcarlson]

That's what I ended up doing. I didn't pull on him or anything, I just figured he would want to "flee" if I dunked water in/out enough.

[Charlyc11]

That's what I ended up doing. I didn't pull on him or anything, I just figured he would want to "flee" if I dunked water in/out enough.

Nope mine stay in no matter how many times I dunk the cave to shake the fry out.

[Willie]

Well He is on eggs again.. I noticed a bunch outside the cave. Unusual as she always lays in the cave... so.I looked in the cave and sure enough theres eggs in there with the male. I just pushed the outside eggs in...

Bushynose egg masses really don't need any parental care. I just remove any extra egg masses to an unoccupied quarantine tank - usually sitting on top of the sponge filter. The result is 100% hatch out and survival.

[LizStreithorst]

Bushynose egg masses really don't need any parental care. I just remove any extra egg masses to an unoccupied quarantine tank - usually sitting on top of the sponge filter. The result is 100% hatch out and survival.

Thanks, Willie. You taught me a new thing.

[brewmaster15]

Bushynose egg masses really don't need any parental care. I just remove any extra egg masses to an unoccupied quarantine tank - usually sitting on top of the sponge filter. The result is 100% hatch out and survival.

I didn't think that there were any plecos that did more as far as parenting then guarding the eggs from predation. Are there pleco species that do more than that?

[Willie]

I didn't think that there were any plecos that did more as far as parenting then guarding the eggs from predation. Are there pleco species that do more than that?

Good point. I have rescued hatched, but mostly egg yolk, Panagolus tankei (L398) that were inadvertently dumped out during a large water change.

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They all developed fine in a breeding box with a piece of well seasoned driftwood. So the parenting was mostly about protection.

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[brewmaster15]

Good point. I have rescued hatched, but mostly egg yolk, Panagolus tankei (L398) that were inadvertently dumped out during a large water change.

L398 Fry.jpg

They all developed fine in a breeding box with a piece of well seasoned driftwood. So the parenting was mostly about protection.

L398 Tails.jpg

Thats good to know Willie. Thanks.