Here we are, more babies

They have emerged. But not too far. Dad wont let them get outside of the rim of the hole. One of them ventured out along the rock and dad came up and shewed him/her back into the hole with his tail. It was so cute. I count 9 so far.
Heres the babies and dad
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Babies
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And Mom
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OMG! They are so cute!!

Those BN's make great fathers! very cool how he corrals them.

Could you post a picture of the males head, I'd like to see how the bristle are developing . . . thanks!!

Oh, I ended up selling the stiphodon tonight, the Fish Store has more, females too but they need brackish water to have any hope of spawning.

soooo adorable i want little ones that never grow!

Isnt that always the case. We want the babies to always stay babies.

lilfishie wrote:Isnt that always the case. We want the babies to always stay babies.

how bout a Orca that doesn't longer than 3" . . .. be so cool!

Clogstonian wrote:

lilfishie wrote:Isnt that always the case. We want the babies to always stay babies.

how bout a Orca that doesn't longer than 3" . . .. be so cool!

That would be cool.

get your fresh water miniature Orcas only $1.5Million each!

Congrats on the successful spawn

Thats awesome! I love it when you get some successful babies alive and healthy in a tank! Good job!

is that an albino baby in there? that's amazing is so, means both sets of pairs I had, had the gene, I have albies too

let me know when you want to swing by and pick up for the gene diversification program

carl

No, its not an albino. I dont think anyway. Just his underbelly. A couple of them from what I can see have some really neat patterns on them though.

Give me a few weeks on the trade. I'd like these guys to get a little bigger before letting them go. They just officially left their cave early yesterday.

lilfishie wrote:No, its not an albino. I dont think anyway. Just his underbelly. A couple of them from what I can see have some really neat patterns on them though.

Give me a few weeks on the trade. I'd like these guys to get a little bigger before letting them go. They just officially left their cave early yesterday.

i have just a tad more patients than my 12yr old but I will dig deep

Well, I took a head count this evening and I "see", there could be more, but I see 15 babies.
Heres a pic of their Dad. He did a great job.
Aint he gorgeous!
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Nice looking!

Thats awesome you must be a proud parent...

These dont get really big do they? Are they slow growing? How much time does it take to get to full maturity?

sandnuka wrote:These dont get really big do they? Are they slow growing? How much time does it take to get to full maturity?

They get to about 5" long full grown. They grow fairly rapidly. They are a half inch in length now and should be an inch long in about 3 weeks. At about another month after that They will become available. They should be about 1.5" long by then.

Lilfish hit me up when these guys are available, Perhaps we can meet where we did last time? Canopy looks great by the way thanks for the hook up....

Kingstature wrote:Lilfish hit me up when these guys are available, Perhaps we can meet where we did last time? Canopy looks great by the way thanks for the hook up....

Great, glad its working for you.
I'll keep everyone updated on the babies.

New head count tonight. 23 babies Yea!!!!! Could be one or two more, but theres 23 for sure.

wow, a regular BN factory

Carl you got to get rid of that avitar... your scaring me

lilfishie wrote:Carl you got to get rid of that avitar... your scaring me

have you seen that movie? . . Tim Curry in "It", he was also Dr Frankenfurter in Rocky Horror, another total hoot . .. ya, I'm old.

Clogstonian wrote:

lilfishie wrote:Carl you got to get rid of that avitar... your scaring me

have you seen that movie? . . Tim Curry in "It", he was also Dr Frankenfurter in Rocky Horror, another total hoot . .. ya, I'm old.

I'm probably your age, but I have yet to see Rocky Horror Picture Show in its entirety. I've seen bits and pieces here and there. Yeah, I've seen "It". I've seen all steven kings movies. Well except Misery. I wont watch that one.

We are talkin like the movie "It" is old???? are we serious?? and lilfishe... Misery is the BEST! when she breaks those ankles... and great acting... as close to good as a book movie you can get!

sandnuka wrote:We are talkin like the movie "It" is old???? are we serious?? and lilfishe... Misery is the BEST! when she breaks those ankles... and great acting... as close to good as a book movie you can get!

No I think the refernce to being old was to the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Or have you not heard of it!

sandnuka wrote:We are talkin like the movie "It" is old???? are we serious?? and lilfishe... Misery is the BEST! when she breaks those ankles... and great acting... as close to good as a book movie you can get!

obviously old is relative, but old for this crowd doesn't take much . . . no slam there!!

and "yes" in ref to RHPS, I've seen it probably 10 times, the Varsity theater use to show it every friday night for . . . wow, it was many many years (10?), my fav was the night everyone dressed up like their favorite character and they had a custome judging contest on the stage before the movie . . . there is a ton of audience participation too, people throw rice during the wedding scene, they bring squirt guns and umbrellas for the rain scene and yell for Brad to "kick the tire" just prior to when he does it . . a total hoot.

Just had to share a few more pics of the babies
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let me know when you get one big enough to sex.... I need a male

I have video of the babies
It can be viewed here
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Just an update. There were 29 babies in that batch. I have 17 left. Actually 5 of those are spoken for.
I now have about another 30 just emerging from there egg stage.

Thank goodness I picked up a FREE 40 gal tank and stand today. I am going to move the older babies to the 40. Id like to move them all. We'll see if I can manage to do that before they all emerge from the cave.

Anyone interested in them let me know.

Is that a bone in your tank? I've been wanting to do that for ages. How is it working out?

ledieudufromage wrote:Is that a bone in your tank? I've been wanting to do that for ages. How is it working out?

No, I have no bones in my tanks. You may be referring to the shish kabob stick that I am using to secure t piece of cucumber. Or a rock!
check out my videos. No bones

lilfishie wrote:

ledieudufromage wrote:Is that a bone in your tank? I've been wanting to do that for ages. How is it working out?

No, I have no bones in my tanks. You may be referring to the shish kabob stick that I am using to secure t piece of cucumber. Or a rock!
check out my videos. No bones

What is that in your first and second picture then?

ledieudufromage wrote:

lilfishie wrote:

ledieudufromage wrote:Is that a bone in your tank? I've been wanting to do that for ages. How is it working out?

No, I have no bones in my tanks. You may be referring to the shish kabob stick that I am using to secure t piece of cucumber. Or a rock!
check out my videos. No bones

What is that in your first and second picture then?

Kinda does look like a bone, doesn't it! No, just a rock. There are more shots of the tank in these videos

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lilfishie wrote:

ledieudufromage wrote:

lilfishie wrote:

ledieudufromage wrote:Is that a bone in your tank? I've been wanting to do that for ages. How is it working out?

No, I have no bones in my tanks. You may be referring to the shish kabob stick that I am using to secure t piece of cucumber. Or a rock!
check out my videos. No bones

What is that in your first and second picture then?

Kinda does look like a bone, doesn't it! No, just a rock. There are more shots of the tank in these videos

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Terrible internet here, sadly. I guess it is just a desire of mine to find someone with experience putting bones in a tank.

ledieudufromage wrote:

lilfishie wrote:

ledieudufromage wrote:

lilfishie wrote:

ledieudufromage wrote:Is that a bone in your tank? I've been wanting to do that for ages. How is it working out?

No, I have no bones in my tanks. You may be referring to the shish kabob stick that I am using to secure t piece of cucumber. Or a rock!
check out my videos. No bones

What is that in your first and second picture then?

Kinda does look like a bone, doesn't it! No, just a rock. There are more shots of the tank in these videos

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Terrible internet here, sadly. I guess it is just a desire of mine to find someone with experience putting bones in a tank.

Real animal bones? Should be able to just boil the crap out of them for a few hours and then bake them at a low temp (approx 325 degrees) for an hour or so to dry it out and kill anything that might be left on it and then soak it in fresh treated water or RO/DI water for a few days with daily 100% water changes.

. . or your annoying neighbor???

Clogstonian wrote: . . or your annoying neighbor???

Sounds like a movie I saw

Well I now have a designated tank for just the plecos and other babies only for raising. Currently in the tank is DAD! and approx 50 baby BN plecos and 3 baby bosemani rainbows and 2 baby guppies.
It a 40 gal long. Not bad for a free tank.

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the rock in the last pic looks like texas holy rock. is it? if so it has the right minerals to change your water peramiters. FYI

crazyfish253 wrote:the rock in the last pic looks like texas holy rock. is it? if so it has the right minerals to change your water peramiters. FYI

That is what it is. Haven't had any issues with this it or my water params. Had this rock in my tanks for over a year now. Thanks for the warning though.

right on way to go with the fry. tank looks great

WOW! 50 bn pleco! your gonna flood the industry with them! lol, luckily they are my fav pleco so i dont mind,

I just got a free 40 gal too... mine is not as nearly as good as shape as yours, it was free.... Im gonna use it for the same purpose as you.... well, mine will be minus the substrate and decor... strictly sponge filter, heater, water... nice and simple... easier to clean and water changes to make thoughs guys grow out quickly.

I am setting up a bunch of small tanks in the other room for hatching eggs and raising killi fish and bosemani rainbow fry. Once they are so big they will go into this 40 and then put up for sale when they are big enough. I am holding off on breeding the plecos any more. I also have an albino longfin BN and am waiting for one of my babies to get old enough to sex it and see if I can pair her up with one of my males. We will see what happens with that in the next 3-4 months. I think I am going to sell my mated pair. They are a proven pair, no doubt about that! I will have to post new pics of the parents. The male has gotten really pretty. IMO anyway!

Well the plecos are for sale. see the for sale threads.

And the 40 is no longer the grow out tank. See my new thread on my new loaches