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I cannot say much, but my BN pair laid eggs last night & the male is guarding the cave. The female looks quire battered, all her fins are thorn & her stomach is concaved. I just hope that I don't lose her.  I also found some eggs outside the cave & I removed them to another tank. Also in the same tank with the BN, I have a few C.paleatus & some Swordtails & Guppy's. Now lets see what happens.....

 Did you separate the couple ? Is it normal for bristlenose to bully the female after the spawn ? Good luck for the fry hatch , fingers crossed

I didn't touch anything from the tank. I left the Livebearers & the Corydoras in the tank & obviously the female BN is in there too. I didn't see the male BN all day & he's in his cave with the rest of the eggs. Not only fingers, but I'm also crossing my toes.

I was told to leave the female there, as the male will lose interest in her, as he's very busy guarding. Also I have to feed her up more, so she'll re-gain her health as soon as possible. 

Congr. Seracin...... you and you BN are in our prayers. Keep us updated will you please. We all love to see some tiny BN swimming around the tank.

martin

She looks quite better & hopefully she'll survive. Here I'm posting 2 pictures of her the day after she laid eggs.

OMG congrats Jason ... she looks good in my opinion .. way to go

goodluck with the eggs =D and really nice set-up .. ideal for such fish!

I cannot understand something...... all the books I read say that the male BN will guard the eggs, looking out of the cave. As you can see from the picture, the male BN I have is doing the opposite thing.

I think he is watching TV with the small once

Well done and good luck Jas, Hope they hatch.

 Good one thunderfasciatus... goodluck with your bristle nose eggs seracin. Hope they hatch this time.

What size of tank and temperature did you use?

Good luck for bristlenose eggs.

I think he cannot face outwards because the opening is too narrow lol

I got my eye-lashes crossed for you

Today, some of the eggs that I've removed started to hatch & they're like an orange ball & wriggling tails, attached to the side glass. I'll post some pictures very soon......

The male is still guarding the cave, but this morning he was under the cave & buired into the gravel...... quite weird but after a while he was on guard as usuall. I haven't seen any eggs or fry in the tank.

 So they didn't darken a bit before they hatched? Interesting to see what the colour of the fry will be.