Bristlenose Fry With Eggsack

Andrew C · Post by **Andrew C** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 6:47 pm

When feeding my fish tonight, at the side of the cave where a male bristlenose catfish has eggs, i noticed a small tail wiggiling away.
I checked to see what it was and found a fry that has escaped from the males cave, still with egg sack

This is the third batch from them and this is the first time any have escaped.

I sucked it up with a turkry baster and put it in a breeding trap with an airstone, hopefully it will survive

Skye · Post by **Skye** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 6:35 am

awesome!

that is helluva cute! keep us posted as to his progress...

Andrew C · Post by **Andrew C** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 4:52 pm

Sorry to say he dead when i came home from work

Don't know what happened, maybe it was in the gravel longer than i thought, which stressed it out

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 5:02 pm

Sorry to hear about the little fella

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Did you spot anymore fry with the male?

McEve · Post by **McEve** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 5:02 pm

Most likely there was something wrong with him, and that's why the poor fellow was kicked out...?

He was adorable though

Strange how different color the egg yolk has compared to a Zebra!

Andrew C · Post by **Andrew C** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 5:32 pm

It looks like there is another 10 in the cave, that is what there usual batch amounts to

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 5:23 pm

Great picture Andrew, at least you have 10 of the little fellas left.

I think the difference in yolk colour is down to diet. Hens have supplements added to their feeds so as to enhance yolk colour. Apparently we, the consumer, prefer yolks of a certain colour.

Shell231 · Post by **Shell231** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 8:37 pm

You are full of knowledge aint you adam!! lol

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 9:10 pm

Have a word with my Mrs please, she thinks I'm full of something else

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I like to read a lot, don't get that much done these days thanks to the zebras. Yep, I'm afraid that I know a lot of useless facts like the tongue is the strongest muscle in the body. Oh crap I can see that getting twisted

SanDiegoFishes · Post by **SanDiegoFishes** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 1:27 am

Aw, that is a really cute pic! I regularly shake out baby bristlenoses from the males cave and let them absorb their yolk sacs and grow out in another aquarium (usually a 10 gallon) Works great, as most of my bushynose pairs share tank space with other fish who think babies are quite tasty.
Mine are always bright bright orange too, do you feed a lot of spirulina? I think that may contribute to the bright pumpkin color perhaps?
Best, Barb

Andrew C · Post by **Andrew C** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 5:06 pm

Am going to cut the turkey baister a bit shorter, so that the funnel has a wider opening.
The fry had a blood spot right at where the yolk sack joined the body and i thinking it may be that, that damaged the little guy when i sucked him up to put in the trap.

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