Thanks, Mats!

Is it possible to keep the 2 fry groups together for a bit? Or will the 1 month old ones pick on the new ones? Does anyone successfully keep multiple spawns together for a month or so?

Update - the babies are growing like crazy and are about 1 month old. Culled a couple for bent spines but haven't lost any others that I've noticed. I noticed dad in the cave last weekend but never saw mom go in. I checked with a flashlight and found cave full of new wigglers...Holy Cow, is this ...

2 week update : fry are doing great and eating zucchini ( our version of courgette =) . I had an attack of plant fungus at one week. Too much zucchini that they weren't eating yet, parents not cleaning and I had taken the Siamese algae eaters out right after they hatched. I tossed the plants ...

I would definitely be happy to trade them for store credit, we have all big chain stores here who I'm sure have a policy against it, and only one or two small locally owned stores that could take them. This mornig they were all over the glass ! I think about 40 or so.. I haven't seen any on the ...

Thank you for the great information! I don't know anyone who breeds these guys and only 1 person that even has them, so I really appreciate the input. I don't know how many babies there are, yet, they are clustered at the top of the cave and it's not positioned where I can count easily without ...

Thank you for the reply. Right now I have the intake wrapped in a piece of filter floss held on with a rubber band because it was all I could think of but that idea looks great. I removed the SAEs so there is only the pair of plecos in the 29g tank now. I have been putting zucchini in and they ...

It's been at least 4 days since the babies hatched in the cave ( I first found them on Saturday so it could be a little longer and I'm guessing the eggs were laid about 7 days before that?) and dad is still spending the majority of his time in the cave with them. Should I be concerned? I can see ...

Thank you guys for your replies. This Emperor moves about 400gph so that's good to know that they can handle the water movement and intake. It's been 48 hours since I first saw them in the cave and Dad is still not letting them out. I got the SAE's out so the plecos are the only ones in the tank. I ...

Yes, they are SAE's, which I think is a bit different from a flying fox, there are some pictures here, there are several that are very much alike ! http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132241 Thanks for that information on the babies. These SAEs are exactly as you describe, they are ...

I got one algae eater out but they are so fast and hard to catch, I didn't want to traumatize daddy pleco so I didn't go after the other. Now that the tank light is on, he is out of the cave and under a bubbler nearby....I hope I didn't mess things up, this was so much less stressful before I knew ...

I have a pair of Albino LF BN plecos, approx 1 year old housed in a 29g tank with 2 Siamese ( not Chinese) algae eaters. I just discovered fry in a cave that I provided for them to hide in, I had no idea they were spawning. The tank is fully cycled 0 ammonia 0 nitrites 5 nitrates 7.2 ph temp 74 and ...