F1 L199 Pleco Fry

I finally got something other that BN's to spawn. Found 10 eggs kicked out of a cave. I thought the parents were way to young and small to spawn. I had 3 make it. The eggs were a lot bigger than BN's and not as yellow. The fry a huge compared to the BN babies. A male has another female trapped in his cave now so maybe more are on the way. Still waiting on the L129 and L270's.

Niceeeee!

SWEET

The female was gone from his cave this morning and he is sitting on a batch of eggs. Can't see how many yet, he was really covering them up. I don't want ot bother him too much so he won't kick them out again. He can do a much better job hatching them than me.

Congrats!

Congrats

Very Nice!

nice early christmas presents :) congrats

Dad is still fanning his eggs, looks to be 15 or so. They should be hatching any day. The 3 fry from the last batch have almost consumed their yolk sack, I will move them to a tank with some tiny petricola fry in a day or so. They are twice as big at this stage then BN fry, close to 1/2".

Dad kicked them out again, got 3 hatched. I have 6 total now. Next time I am stealing his eggs as soon as I see them.

Cichlid eggs require tumbling, since Pleco eggs are sticky, what are the requirements once you take the eggs? I know the dad fans the eggs; so is there an artificial way to do that? I noticed your picture shows them in a tumbler.