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My BNs spawned early sat night and the male is fanning like mad now, my only worry is i have a couple of clown loaches in the same tank and they seem to be sniffing around his cave. Should i be worried about them? Or should i remove them?

From what ive read and remember the eggs should hatch in 3 days?

Andy

I don't have any direct experience, but from all that I've read, CL will aggressively go after the eggs, so if you want any fry, you should remove the CL's.

That would explain why I haven't had any spawns since I've added the CLs...

And just to be clear "Hatch in three days" doesn't mean "fry ready to leave nest" in three days. They will be ready to leave in about 10-14 days - they just stop looking quite like eggs after three days, and start to get tail and head and fins, as they develop. After about 7 days, they will be brown, and then they will loose the egg sac slowly over the next few days, and eventually leave the nest.

Yes, I agree, remove the clown loaches.

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Mats

Ok thanks for the replys guys, and mats thanks for clearing that up for me I will remove the loaches asap, i just didnt want to go steaming into the tank with a net and scare the male.

Andy