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ABN's kicking fry out

Posted: 19 May 2007, 20:11
by tomr
My male ABN was wachting the eggs for about 3 days . Then today he started kicking some fry out of the cave. They are just barely fry. They are really just an egg with a tail right now. I have had them kick out eggs before but never fry.I was lucky enought to catch this and took the fry out.

Posted: 20 May 2007, 05:38
by Bristle nose
Did you do anything that may have disturbed him? Is there any other fish in the tank?

Abn's

Posted: 20 May 2007, 10:41
by tomr
there are tons of other fish in the tank. About 12 different plecos. Some cories and some baby S. petricolas.

Posted: 20 May 2007, 10:56
by Bristle nose
Do you think that any of them could have disturbed him? Have you done anything that may have disturbed him, like looking into the tank, or shining a torch into the tank to see, or even changed anything to the tank/water while he was in the cave?

Posted: 20 May 2007, 22:37
by apistomaster
This is more common among the first spawn of Ancistrus sp. # than the subsequent spawns unless other factors as those described above take precedence.