Will My Bns Continue Breeding?

[TimNorwich]

Hello guys, the BN eggs hatched and I think I might of lost some of them somehow. The wrigglers are still at the end of the cave.

I have a 17L tank that I am using for shrimp and a couple of guppies, would it be a good idea to get shot of the guppies and move the wrigglers from the big tank and put them in the 17L tank until they get a bit bigger?

Am I guarenteed to have some more babies now the BN's are 'at it'?

Many thanks,

Tim.

 

[kizno1]

If you want to breed them it might be worth looking into a bigger tank to use as a grow out 15-20G should do. Once they have paired aslong as theres good water and food they will carry on breeding. Mine breed every 3 weeks and have 100+ eggs every time. They started about 3 months ago and i now have about 200 fry and thats after selling quite a few.

 

[TimNorwich]

Do they survive in your big community tank?

 

[kizno1]

Yh The odd one will escape to young and get munched but the male does really well at guarding them. Im setting up a 15G for the adults on there own then a few 12G for fry.

 

[TimNorwich]

At a headcount I'd say I have no more than 15-20 wrigglers, but its the first time these have bred together so perhaps that's why?

 

[kizno1]

How big are they? Its probably just its there first lot. My first lot was about 75 but then my female was fully grown when they first bred.

 

[TimNorwich]

They still have a way to go until they are full size. I guess the batches will get bigger as they get older.

 

[kizno1]

Yh they should.Are you looking for any more community fish? Im going to sell most of my fish and im in Thetford if your interested.

 

[TimNorwich]

Thanks for the offer mate, but I'm pretty much stocked for the time being.

 

[kizno1]

Fair enough
Good luck with the BNs