Mooo's Albino X Common Longfin Breeding Log

G'Day
Me again
Having my second go at breeding these gorgeous creatures.
I did ok with my first attempt breeding my commons,
Now for the alfbns.
I just introduced my male & female albino longfin ..All seems well, wonder how long it will take..I used 'benandy breeding logs' for these two, I might also put in my glass bottom DIY cave, if they haven't bred by tomorrow.
I know they love that one and I can watch em develop in it...
Keep You posted on their progress...
Male

Female

As always mooo Stunning pics

Good luck with them...

you always get the best pics mooo!!

Thanks Guys...
Must be just good subjects aye...Cos I just do the clicking lol
I can't wait till I can post good news in this thread ...

stunning pics Mooo, good luck with the pair.

Hiya everyone
Update on the albinos breeding log..
I got good and bad news...
I had to take the female albino lf out of the tank because she was not ready to mate, he beat her up bad, bad enough that I had to perform an amputation on her pectoral fin cos it had been broken in half..
she still has the flowing part of soft fin, but the bony part is now half the length it was.
http://www.bristlenoseworld.com/the-pleco-hospital-f7/broken-fin-t1971.htm
she is fine and now lives in my main display tank till she is older...
Sooooooo
2 days ago I added my female common longfin into the males tank & this morning did a 40% water change & whammo!!! 3 hours later EGGS !!!! I'm so stoked I could run up n down the street yelling "I got eggies I got eggies, whooop whooop whoooop!"

Keep You posted on there progress So chuffed

Weyyy Heyyyyyyy.....Well done mooo............

Nice work Mooo

Keep me posted on the fry outcome!

Will do Doug, I knew you would be interested in the results...ratios of commons to albinos, The female common has albino gene so I'm told too, so maybe I'll get more albinos than normal...

Cheers

gotta say, breeding bristlenose is awesome!

He is still doing a good job, eggs still looking lovely,
Here are some pics, best I could do sorry,

Before she has her eggs




After she laid...




Daddy guarding his cave...with gusto..


Here I come ,you better nick off lady...




Telling me to nick off He's good...


I will update you all as things progress.. :bounce: They should hatch in the next day or two...

They hatched last night after 12am..I was dead to the world of course lol...
I found two outside the cave this morning, So... I stole those they in a saver now, good for photos
Keep you posted, photos to come...


Ok Photo updates..
Not as good as I had hoped,
Eggs





Hatched eggs



The ones I stole..

Nice one!!

Your common female is quite striking! Excellent colouration! Looking forward to seeing the fry!

On a side note,

Can anyone tell me how to upload pics..?? I'd love to share some pics of my calico lf's but don't know how!!

Thanks

To post pics ..in your reply or Topic or post, you use the photo link above the text area, its next to the chain(hyperlink)button ..4th from the right...you paste the link to the photo storage site you keep your photos in the pop up box...Or I think you can add pics as an link to the pic.....I just use the picture link above...

ok baby photos

3 days old...














Watch this spot...

Doug...Looks like I'll get more albinos than commons, I see lots of white bodys n eyes. and much less darker color and eyes..

Excellent pics.
What would you feed the fry when that small?

whereismymind wrote:

Excellent pics.
What would you feed the fry when that small?

Thanks Wheresmymind

You don't feed bn fry until they have absorbed their egg sac & are out of the cave..

Oh okay. thanks mooo, but as you took them into the breeding trap, would you still wait for the sack to dissolve first. (it's all fascinating to me as not had a spawn yet, sorry if my questions are dumb or have been covered elsewhere)

The only stoopid question is the one you don't ask...
Their egg sac doesn't dissolve exactly, It is their food, till they can eat with their mouths...It gets absorbed. I would even hazard a guess that they have no mouths or anus when hatched so they need to develop those while their sacs are being absorbed..
No still don't feed em till the egg sac is gone, fry saver or not. they are in the saver cos it is too hard to try to put them back with dad...best to just put em somewhere safe, I will release them when the others come out of the cave....

very good advice as usual..

this site is so good for giving excellent advice, it can only mean that your are all egg head on BN ...lol

no offence meant.....

it also means we have no egg sac and escaped from the cave ages ago...pmsl

They are all doing very well, Only a few more days and the egg sac will be absorbed..
OK more pics
Day 4


Day 5




















You've heard of the 3 Amigos, well here are the 3 Albinos...










More to come..Woohooo, I'm a happy o'l cow

Excellent pics.
I'm just curious about your cave mooo, you can see it really clear in the photo but I can't tell if it's only open at one end or both?
Also, in the tank do you have a current of water flowing towards the cave or not? I know the daddy likes to fan the eggs but I'm just wondering if they would be 'put off' or 'prefer' by a cave that is in flowing part of the tank (from your experience) ?

Hiya & Thanks for your question
The cave is open at only one end, the current is a sponge filter & a HOB which is the main current fro cave & is positioned facing towards the cave,..From what I have seen of them, they love the current...seems to work ok

Day 6
When I turned the light on this morning, there were 2 fry out of the cave, I then looked in the other log and there were 2 in there ..I notice Daddy doing a lot of vigorous wiggling, I mean a real lot...I think he is kicking them out ..Bit premature but they all have only a little egg sac left.. He really wants them out, I wonder if he realizes, if he just came out so would they :roll:
Oh and I was wrong about him having bred before, He was a virgin as well as mum..So in light of that, I say he isn't a good dad, He is an exceptional Dad..

OH btw, just FYI ..The cave used for this batch is a Benandy breeding log..http://benandybreeding.yolasite.com/issue1.php

Update lol
Ok I gave in, Instead of catching one every hour or so lol, I just took em , put them in the saver..Left Daddy with 3..only cos they wouldn't come out lol...Least I can get some good photos :o). I'll add them back when they begin to eat...

Arghhhh!! I lost two fry this afternoon, one albino and one common.......I hope the rest are ok..
I did a fast wc, and cleaned the filters as well...mum n dad seem ok..and the rest seem good ..the two floaters may have been just weak ones...I sure hope so.

Oh & I do think there are Calicos in amongst them now..