Albino Bristlenose 2013-B

ABN Hatch Day

ABN 1 Day Old

ABN 2 Days Old

ABN 3 Days Old

ABN 4 Days Old

ABN 5 Days Old

ABN 6 Days Old

ABN 7 Days Old

The second batch of eggs were discovered on 10/28 and removed as they were hatching on 10/31 to a Marina breeder trap. There are about 125 babies in this clutch.

UPDATE: One week old is tough. At this point, the babies that either can’t or haven’t learned to eat have exhausted their yolk resources and start dying off due to starvation. The percentage is low, but it always bothers me to witness natural selection.

Albino Bristlenose 2013-A

ABN Egg Mass

ABN 3 Days Old

ABN 2 Weeks Old

ABN 1 Month Old

The bristlenose have finally started breeding again! On Oct 2 I found an egg clutch outside of the cave. I removed them to a trap, and unfortunately decided to remove an infertile one from the center of the clutch, damaging all but 11 of the others, which hatched on the 5th. My second faux pas was the addition of a tiny pair of scarlet badis. While their mouths are too tiny to eat the baby catfish, they delighted in carrying them around like a deflated soccer ball, sucking the yolk out. I was left with three, and they have grown very fast.