Male throwing out eggs

anyone tell be why my male peppermint is throwing out the eggs out of the cave he is new to it but he has done this twice and he is fertilizing the eggs as i tryed to save them in egg tumbler they were moving but died.. :-((

I am sorry to hear that :,( maybe it's stress related? Can you give more info regarding the tank and tank mates?

Also I artificially raised some BN eggs and I added a small amount of methylene blue to prevent fungusing of the eggs. I am pretty sure my fry death is 1/50, so not too bad.

Good luck and don't give up!

Hi,what is his cave made of ?


Bristlenoses

If nothing hatched from the eggs you placed in the tumbler, and you followed the procedures, there's big chance they weren't fertile at all. And that might be the reason he kicked them out.

this is a normal problem we have with the peppermint bristlenose males here in australia (I say this because it is still unknown what the origin of the peppermint bn over here is, whether it has an L# or is a mix of a few different L#s) it is one reason people give up on breeding them and sell them off. the other reason is they take so long to mature lol. i remember Doug writing a reply to another members question with the same problem and he stated that a male he had would boot the eggs if he so much as sneezed in the other side of the house lol. now i know that is a bit exaggerated lol but the fact of the matter is they are highly sensitive for some reason. when the male has eggs the best thing to do is not to disturb him at all. a good trick is to wrap a towel around the front of the tank so he cant see you walk past (yes sometimes thats all it takes lol) When i first found pep fry in a breeding tank when i used to have them it was actually a surprise because i didnt even know they had bred. thats how much i was leaving them alone. all i did was pop some food in the tank at night before bed but the males do get better at it after a while and they will stop booting eggs once they get used to you while they have eggs

yeah this guy is learning but i havent mastered the egg tumbler as yet,my other male that died awhile back was good at it from the start, the eggs the new guy is throwing out Are fertilized i got some out into a net but they died.... guess its patience or get another mature male if anyone has one for sale...

iv seen them advertised on gumtree but id keep the male you have. it can take a while for them to settle in. he'll get used to it, you just have to be patient lol

Ooh, I like the towel idea!

I am able to buy 3 peppermint a here in the states for $75. I have been thinking about it but in the guy's pic none of them have bristles.... He also has a pair of L183 as well. I can't remember the price on these guys.

Yay indecision!

Let us know if you get eggs again!

This is one of my Female Peps



This is the cave the male is in, he isnt coming out...



This is the tank they are in there is about 20 peps in there about 17 are about 5 to 6 in size to small to breed yet have about 5 albinos in there as well no sure if i should take them out...