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	Will angel fish eat BN fry?
HelenC Hobbyist Posts: 73 Votes: 0 Registered: 14-Aug-2003	Hi, I'm happily raising BN fry (if anyone in Melbourne would like some... helen.cornish@ozonline.com.au). I have Mollies, CAEs (full sized), Neons, Glowlights and Kribs in with them. The Kribs did go in when the latest babies were bigger than the Kribs mouths.
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Gourami Mega Fish Posts: 1205 Kudos: 477 Votes: 1 Registered: 23-Apr-2002	Thank you for those pictures acid rain. So if they ahve bristles on there nose there are for sure males? NOw why doesnt it say that on any web pages ive looked at? Thats so easy! They all just say females have smaller bristles then males.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
ACIDRAIN Moderator Posts: 3162 Kudos: 1381 Votes: 416 Registered: 14-Jan-2002	Adolescent Male albino BN; Mature Male BN; Mature albino male BN; Young Mature Male BN; My 7 year old best Male breeder; Female BN pics; Fully mature Female, with small "bristles" on her nose; Male and female, with female in the front; [/font][/font][/font][/font][/font][/font][/font][/font][/font] _____________________________________________________________ There is always a bigger fish...
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Bob Wesolowski Mega Fish Posts: 1379 Kudos: 1462 Registered: 14-Oct-2004	Females with beards? I think I might have dated her once! Thanks for the clarification. __________ "To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research." researched from Steven Wright
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Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	Actually some females can have quite large "beards". A failproof way of telling is with the placement of the bristles. Males have them lining their cheeks, but also up on their actual nose. Females, on the other hand, will never have them on their nose, just around their cheeks. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
Bob Wesolowski Mega Fish Posts: 1379 Kudos: 1462 Registered: 14-Oct-2004	Gourami, You can sex your BN as they grow by the length of their "beard". Males have long protuberances, females have bumps. __________ "To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research." researched from Steven Wright
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
Gourami Mega Fish Posts: 1205 Kudos: 477 Votes: 1 Registered: 23-Apr-2002	Well to give everyone an update. I bought an angel this weekend that someone had brought back to the lfs. Very pretty larger specimen. And this was the only tank i had i could put it in for now. I figured if the Bn ever did any thing(think i might have all males), i could move the angelfish. Well i decided to add my other angelfish in with the new one to see how they get along, and now there tubes have dropped. So i may be breeding angelfish in this tank now instead of Bn.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	BN is just a shortened version of bristlenose. The bristlenose is an algae eating catfish with (for lack of a better word) tentacles protruding from its face. Last edited by sirbooks at 16-Nov-2004 16:40 And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
divertran Fish Addict Posts: 784 Kudos: 469 Votes: 165 Registered: 14-Nov-2004	btw, whats a bn?
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Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	You could try dwarf corys (Corydoras pygmaeus)... They onlt get about 1-1.5" long, and would probably not be ably to eat any sort of fry. Also, they do not share the typical cory behavior of being decidedly bottom-dwelling fish. They actually form large shoals in the middle of the tank, rarely if ever resting on the bottom. They are kind of like hybrids between normal corys and tetras. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
divertran Fish Addict Posts: 784 Kudos: 469 Votes: 165 Registered: 14-Nov-2004	I had gouramis and rasboras in with my mollies, and they never had any problems with fry at all, mebbe they would be ok
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Gourami Mega Fish Posts: 1205 Kudos: 477 Votes: 1 Registered: 23-Apr-2002	Having just BN in my 29 gallon makes for a pretty boring tank to look at. Im trying to get them to breed, but i want something in there that will swim off the bottom as well. Would my lone angel fish leave any fry they may have alone? Or is there something else i could put in there that wouldn't eat the fry if they ever have some?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	Wouldn't hurt [too much] to try. They aren't exactly surface dwellers, though, so you may of may not have problems with them. I ended up keeping cories and a queen arabesque plec with my breeding pair.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
DoctorJ Big Fish Posts: 344 Kudos: 1159 Votes: 191 Registered: 13-May-2003	Would white clouds work? Mine display little interest in the platy fry in my aquarium when most other fish view them as a tasty snack. Last edited by DoctorJ at 09-Nov-2004 10:53
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Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	You could, emphasis on could try small rasboras such as leasties or bumblebee gobies (bottoms feeders are easier to manage, as the parents will usually chase them away), as well as guppies/endlers. Higher rish fish are hachets and possibly harlequins (meh, what's one or two fry, right?)
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
Gourami Mega Fish Posts: 1205 Kudos: 477 Votes: 1 Registered: 23-Apr-2002	Just to clear everything up for those who didnt read my first post very clearly. I dont have any fry right now. Im am trying to find something i could keep in the tank with the BN that wouldnt try to eat the fry. The tanks looks too empty with no other fish then my BN.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	No. do NOT keep them with tetras (or any other fish for that matter). I did something like that once, and my neons took turns diving into the breeding pot and munching on fry only to be chased out by the male. And if this is from neons, just imagine what would happen with say, black skirts. Even hatchetfish are not a safe bet, as young BN will often jet up towards the top of the tank in a fashion akin to cories gasping for air. Once up there, the insectivorous nature of the hatchets will kick in and they'll nail those mosquito larvae of a BN in half a second flat. Last edited by Cup_of_Lifenoodles at 08-Nov-2004 14:57
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sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	An angelfish would most likely turn any BN fry into a snack. I would not trust any angel in a tank with fry, they seem to love munching up baby fish. You could maybe keep a school of small tetras with BN fry, or hatchetfish. Small, peaceful fish with small mouths are the best way to go. Last edited by sirbooks at 09-Nov-2004 18:42 And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
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Alex Fish Addict 510 Posts: 721 Registered: 03-Oct-2004	i would take them out as a hungry angel would eat any thing even if they have to go into deeper water to do it congrats hope the fry survive ALEX ''All the clown fish and yellow tangs in the world cant save you now!''
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Gourami Mega Fish Posts: 1205 Kudos: 477 Votes: 1 Registered: 23-Apr-2002	White coulds or danios maybe? Something that stays near the top? Do Bn fry usually stay on the bottom like the perents?
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