Got Bn Eggs!

[windy 1958]

how old are they ,
they might be still absorbing their egg sacs
soak a couple of algae wafers untill soft then break them up in the tank so bits go every where that will help them find the food easier

 

[geo7x]

They are around a week old, although I am not sure exactly, I first saw them hatched 5 days ago but they didn't look newly hatched, they only started coming out of the cave a couple of days ago.

 

[geo7x]

Little Update:

Dropped in an algae wafer yesterday and they fed well, so thanks to windy 1958! So now we've got lots of plump bellies

I've got a more official number now, and have managed to count around 25 first thing in the morning when they're all out of hiding, which I think is a nice number, and also that's how many eggs I thought there was so there was a good hatch rate!

Pics:

Plump belly:

Look at the one riding on snailback! They do this quite alot, and have also seen them cleaning the shells of the snails with their mouths

 

[AlexAndCarmen]

Very cute pics Geo.

They are really sweet. Love the snail back riding pic too.

 

[windy 1958]

so glad their eating for you
my piebalb b/ns hatched this morning there about 30 of them
the reason their riding on the snails its for the algae growing on their shells

 

[geo7x]

Thank Carmen

so glad their eating for you
my piebalb b/ns hatched this morning there about 30 of them
the reason their riding on the snails its for the algae growing on their shells

Wow congrats with the piebalds that's so cool would love to see pics of them

Ah yeah I thought they must have algae on their shells

 

[geo7x]

BN fry at 2 weeks old:

Feeding well on algae wafers and courgette

 

[windy 1958]

glad their doing well
my second piebald female layed on friday, same male, same cave theres still fry in there

 

[geo7x]

I know it's not very long since last update, but the courgette made a photo oppurtunity too good to miss and also the fork gives a good sense of scale.

feeding frenzy!

 

[wendywc]

Too cute.

 

[manmeetdhatt]

So did you have any albino bns

 

[geo7x]

No they are all regular browns. I thought some were albino as sometimes some would look a lot lighter than the others but I discovered that when they went into the darkness of the cave they went a lot paler, once they had come out they went brown within a few minutes.

 

[tangokitty]

Those babies are so cute!