Breeding BNPs

[Jeremy_fishguy]

Hey all, 

Ive just had a successful spawn from a pair of BNPs!!! Im very excited, its my first ever spawn. Im not too sure when the spawn happened, but the male has been fanning for about 4 days I think now.

I just have a question in regards to pulling the eggs. The pair are currently in a 2ft tank with shrimp, and Im wondering if I need to pull the eggs? Will they likely be predated upon by the parents? 

Im doing lots of research so I can be prepared to try and raise them up, however, I am not determined to raise every single baby. I'm more looking at trying to raise a few.

Advice and personal experience would be really appreciated because, as I said, this is my first ever spawn! 

Thanks heaps,

Jeremy

[gardenman]

The parents, the father anyway, typically won't bother the eggs and will guard them. They should be fine. Most of my bristlenose plecos are in a communal tank and my most reliable male will breed with more than one female and each new female when she takes over a cave will push out her rivals' eggs. I then remove those evicted eggs and raise them in a breeder box. Left exposed other plecos in the tank will munch on them. With just the pair in your tank you're not likely to have that issue. If all you have in the tank are shrimp, and smaller shrimp, the vast majority of the fry should survive just fine. Larger shrimp like amanos might hunt the fry, but smaller shrimp shouldn't cause any trouble. Plecos, even baby ones, are pretty tough little critters.

[Jeremy_fishguy]

Thanks so much! This is so helpful. Ill keep you posted :))

[Jeremy_fishguy]

Sorry for the bad photo but THERES BABIES!!! They’re not venturing out of the pot yet and I’m thinking they may be stuck?? I’m thinking if they’re yet to venture out in a few days I might give them a bit of a nudge. I’ve been trying not to move their little cave around too much but I think I can see some eggs still in there. Is it likely that the male wouldn’t have fertilised all eggs??