It was a freezing cold day with snow to add to the lack of warmth. However the day before (Saturday) we had promised ourselves to go to Joe Hill Aquatics at Whitely Bay. So after a 30 minute ice walk and 30 minute metro ride (there was work on the line) we made it . Just to chip in here its a small shop with a great selection of L no's available.
We were in there for a good hour chatting to Neil (shop owner) before we left and had lunch.
We had promised ourselves we wouldn't buy anything, however you know how it its. You see a little bristlenose smiling at you from under a filter and you know you have to take him home! We also got him a lady friend. However, Neil said she was blind (someone had brought her in). But we took her anyway (with a £2 discount). After their first metro ride they were soon settled in. However, as it always is with new fish, they didn't eat the corgette I offered. The following night I tried algae wafers, but they had other things on their dirty little minds...
I awoke to find a large mass of eggs at the top right corner of their cave (one of lyretails hypancistrus ones, it must have been a tight squeeze). Obviously the female had enough sight to get the job done, so to speak.
Its our first pleco spawn, so fingers crossed, everything will go well.
