Bristlenose Fry With Eggsack

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Bristlenose Fry With Eggsack

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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 :shock:
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 :D

<img src="http://img2.uploadimages.net/987666Fry- ... Sack-1.jpg"/>

<img src="http://img2.uploadimages.net/575828Fry- ... Sack-2.jpg"/>

<img src="http://img2.uploadimages.net/500263Fry- ... Sack-3.jpg"/>
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Post by Skye »

awesome! :D

that is helluva cute! keep us posted as to his progress...
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Post by Andrew C »

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 :?
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Sorry to hear about the little fella :cry: .

Did you spot anymore fry with the male?
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Post by McEve »

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!
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Post by Andrew C »

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

<img src="http://img2.uploadimages.net/784846Fry-In-Cave.jpg"/>
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Post by Adam »

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.
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You are full of knowledge aint you adam!! lol
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Have a word with my Mrs please, she thinks I'm full of something else :( .

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 :roll:
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Post by SanDiegoFishes »

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?
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Post by Andrew C »

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.

<img src="http://img2.uploadimages.net/846137Dead-Fry.jpg"/>
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