Breeding Sucess

[doorzy]

Hi all just wanted share the good news about three weeks ago i was
thinking tomyself my2 foot tank with the male and 2 female bristlenose
catfish should have bred by now and i thought its been ages since i
set the harem up and low and behold that afternoon i saw about 7
little bristlenose catfish swimming and sucking on the glass i
couldn't believe my eyes......a papa at last...........sucess
well the next day my mate spotted about twenty of the little
slickers.....
and now about 3 weeks latyer theres possibly ovwer sixty of them....
So im gonna hunt the readers mart to get anew 3 foot tank for the
baby's to do some growing up in

stoked to be a dad and to have had phenonemal sucess at last
absoulutely stoked and over the moon.....
cheers
Brett

[steve]

doorzy wrote:

......i saw about 7
> little bristlenose catfish swimming and sucking on the glass i
> couldn't believe my eyes......a papa at last...........sucess
> well the next day my mate spotted about twenty of the little
> slickers.....


Congratulations, Brett!

steve

[winddancir]

Yay! Congrats to the new papa!
It's always exciting to see the little ones surviving. Just watch them to make sure the adult fish don't eat them. I'm not familiar with bristlenose catfish, so I don't know if they are likely to eat the fry. It seems like a lot of fish will, just because the fry will fit in their mouth.

Good luck with your new babies!

[Elaine T]

doorzy wrote:
> Hi all just wanted share the good news about three weeks ago i was
> thinking tomyself my2 foot tank with the male and 2 female bristlenose
> catfish should have bred by now and i thought its been ages since i
> set the harem up and low and behold that afternoon i saw about 7
> little bristlenose catfish swimming and sucking on the glass i
> couldn't believe my eyes......a papa at last...........sucess
> well the next day my mate spotted about twenty of the little
> slickers.....
> and now about 3 weeks latyer theres possibly ovwer sixty of them....
> So im gonna hunt the readers mart to get anew 3 foot tank for the
> baby's to do some growing up in
>
> stoked to be a dad and to have had phenonemal sucess at last
> absoulutely stoked and over the moon.....
> cheers
> Brett

Wow! Breeding and raising those guys is quite an accomplishment. Congrats!

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[Robert Flory]

What are yout tank parameters? ie to what do you attribute your success.
bob
"doorzy" > wrote in message
...
> Hi all just wanted share the good news about three weeks ago i was
> thinking tomyself my2 foot tank with the male and 2 female bristlenose
> catfish should have bred by now and i thought its been ages since i
> set the harem up and low and behold that afternoon i saw about 7
> little bristlenose catfish swimming and sucking on the glass i
> couldn't believe my eyes......a papa at last...........sucess
> well the next day my mate spotted about twenty of the little
> slickers.....
> and now about 3 weeks latyer theres possibly ovwer sixty of them....
> So im gonna hunt the readers mart to get anew 3 foot tank for the
> baby's to do some growing up in
>
> stoked to be a dad and to have had phenonemal sucess at last
> absoulutely stoked and over the moon.....
> cheers
> Brett

[doorzy]

Well all i do is add rainwater which has a neutral ph
and clean my filter once a week
i do'nt check my water paramaters at all......
About the only thing i do is keep the ocasional eye on the temp of the
water just to make sure my heaters working fine..
I do a gravel clean about every 4 months but only around the ornaments
not the whole lot........
I know that sounds crazy but its true..
It's only a two foot tank which i sourced some nice old cycled water
from my other aquarium which i've had for years and topped it up with
our lovely rainwater.......
I only cycled it for 3 days with a couple of guppies.....
I think i put one mature male and 3 mature females in there
along with a fake rock cave which the male hangs out in.
and two mangrove hollow logs for the females......
and wammo success i couldn't be prouder.......
The local readers mart comes out tomorrow so im hunting for a 3foot
tank to raise them in......it's all very exciting and leaves me with a
smile on my face every time i think about it.......
I'm excited...........

[doorzy]

Apparently the male guards the eggs and keeps water flowing over the
eggs to stop fungus attack so i attribute all mu success to my mighty
male........
Like i said one day i just looked in there and there they were papa
obviously is a good one at that.......





On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 18:10:31 +0100, winddancir
> wrote:

>
>Yay! Congrats to the new papa!
>It's always exciting to see the little ones surviving. Just watch them
>to make sure the adult fish don't eat them. I'm not familiar with
>bristlenose catfish, so I don't know if they are likely to eat the fry.
>It seems like a lot of fish will, just because the fry will fit in their
>mouth.
>
>Good luck with your new babies!