[GSAS-Member] Surprised By Ancistrous Babies

["Shango Los" <Shango@shangolos.com>]

My friend Amelya sent me this email.  Does anyone have any advice for
helping the kids survive?  I have never raised pleco before.

 

"So for the past week, I've been really worried about the beautiful bristle
nose ancistrus you gave me.  I wasn't able to find it anywhere, usually it
came out at feeding time, but it seemed to disappear, which made me really
sad thinking I had killed Shango's fish after only a month.  So realizing it
must be dead, I decided to look for the body, not wanting such a big fish
decomposing in my tank.  I looked everywhere, and then realized it was
jammed under the tube that the ghost knife fish lives in, and when I flipped
it over, dozens of baby ancistrus were everywhere.  She was fine, she was
just protecting her baby's, which must have just hatched and there are loads
of them.  I hope some of them make it...they are weird little orange blobs
right now...if they make it...would you like some?  So much better than
having killed her.

"

 

It is a 60 gallon community tank with rainbow fish, killi, and a big knife
fish.

 

Shango

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