Anasfire Posted December 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 Yeah well they're polishing off the green part of the zuccini at the moment, squabbling over it more like. Who or whatever ate the white inner part of the zuccini left the green ring so they're enjoying it now. I'll have to go check them out later and see if they're eating the lettuce yet. Will have to take some new photo's soon, the betta fry they're in with are getting their dragon scaling too so it's all so exciting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anasfire Posted December 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 Awwww the poor peppermint BN wants to breed. He's moved into the breeding cave. Poor dear doens't have a mate though. Wonder if the Common BN female with lay for him ..might make for interesting fry... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyarlla Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 My mystery snails LOVE the white part of the cucumber and leave the green skin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbites Posted December 3, 2009 Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 common bn and peppermint bn are different species - not impossible for them to breed but unlikely Cassi... Get him a girlfriend and make some $ from all the babies!!! Mystery snails are greedy things lyarlla - they will hog fish food or anything they like the taste of - thankfully I just unloaded 100 of them on a LFS so don't have as many to deal with now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyarlla Posted December 3, 2009 Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 100??? WOW!! I hope they gave you credit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJay Posted December 3, 2009 Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 common bn and peppermint bn are different species - not impossible for them to breed but unlikely Cassi... apparently there are longfin pepps in private collections that are a cross between common longfins and peps. . . so it could be possible, though the people making these claims haven't actually shown any pics so who knows :bighug: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbites Posted December 3, 2009 Report Share Posted December 3, 2009 Yeah read about those MJay - would be very interesting to see LF peps and especially if they have retained the peppermint glow that peps have over their spots and white fin edges. Lyarlla - got 25c per snail credit - will be enough to get another kg of green flake for the fish when I need it next time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anasfire Posted December 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 OOhhh so exciting. Male common has moved back into his cave! Will have to keep an eye on him to check when he has eggs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbites Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Those bn's are going to start charging you on a pay per view soon Cassi!!!! LOL!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anasfire Posted December 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 (edited) haha bugger that! I'll charge them, they're living in my tank and eating my fish food...letting me be a voyeur is the least they can do Edited December 5, 2009 by Fighters4U Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbites Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 Watch they don't call the RSPCF(ish) :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anasfire Posted December 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 Well they're gonna have to start charging me a pay-per-view now coz I've just witnessed the female BN in the cave laying for the male!!!!! YAY more BN babies heehehehehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbites Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 Gee what a Peeping Cassi you are!!!! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anasfire Posted December 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 (edited) Yep! Nice big clump of eggs again too. I'm considering taking him in his cave straight out now and letting them hatch in the betta grow out, away from the clown loach altogether Edited December 7, 2009 by Fighters4U Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anasfire Posted December 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 Ok I removed him in his cave and put him into the betta grow out tank on Thursday (the 10th) which is a good thing becauce the fry hatched yesterday (Friday 11th). There looks to be about 20-25 of them this time and the male is working hard to keep them in the cave, as well as some of his first lot of babies that are growing out in there. It's quite amusing to see him sheparding the other fry into the cave when all they want to do it scrounge around for food. I know I had 12 from the first batch so when they're out of the cave I'll be able to count the 2nd lot. Might try for some photo's later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dracon Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 congrats on the new arrivels just a quick Q. (beacuse i cant find with google) how big do they need to be before they start breeding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anasfire Posted December 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 No idea, maybe wayne can answer. Mine are about 10-15cm, full grown adults. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbites Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Dracon, bn's can be around the 6-7cm size before breeding - usually around 6-12mths old - depends on the fish/pair to a degree but I haven't seen any smaller than that breed before. Peppermints (diff species) need to be around 18mths - 2yrs old to breed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dracon Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 thanks for that fishbites i searched google for it for hours and the best i got was full adult sizes so ive got to wait a bit longer then. 2 are 5-6cm and 1 is 4-5cm back to topic now how are they going Fighters4U ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anasfire Posted December 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Really good, the new batch has used up their yolk sac now and have darkened up nicely. There's HEAPS of them! Still trying to get photo's. It's hard to point a torch and take a photo with a camera that weighs about a kilogram at the same time. My son hasn't been in the best mood to help me lately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anasfire Posted December 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 Some photos A baby from the first spawn and a bad shot of the male in his cave, you can just see some babies..they're the yellow/brown pooey colour things on his right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergus Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 They are so damn cute when they are little!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anasfire Posted December 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 yep and you'll have a bunch of them soon! Aren't you excited! Male is allowing the new ones out of the cave, or at least I've seen a few that have escaped him! I can't work out how to stop the betta fry from eating the BN's food! The little piggies eat the algae pellets, zuccini and lettuce! I've been over feeding them a little with grindals and blood worm in the hopes that the baby bn's will find some of the excess food and eat it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyarlla Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 YAY! So many of them!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anasfire Posted December 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 These little guys make quick work of a corpse! Last night I saw them munching on a betta corpse and an older BN corpse. A few of my idiotic bettas have been eating way too much and popping themselves. I've been adding extra food in the hopes that they Bn's will eat it but the bettas are being pigs and paying the price. I've added a heap of lettuce for the bn's so hopefully they'll have a chance to eat it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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