Bristlenose Eggs

Plecos4eva · Post by **Plecos4eva** » 28 Nov 2006, 15:23

Hello everyone,
I recently discovered some bristlenose eggs that were being guarded by the male, but I wanted to hatch them myself because last time the other fish ate all the fry.

So i slanted them up against the side of the tank in the breeding net with the slate that they were attached to and put an airstone directly underneath the eggs to create some current.
Well now 3 days later one of the eggs has turned white. My question is is this a dead egg or is it fungus? Shall I attemept to remeove it or not? I would hate it to be fungus and spead to the other eggs.

Can anyone help me out please?

Post by **Barbie** » 28 Nov 2006, 18:52

It IS a dead egg, and it might fungus, but getting it out of that egg mass is a lot more tricky than it sounds! I've used an eye dropper with limited success, and tweezers with even less ;). Are you seeing spines in the eggs yet? And little eyeballs?

Barbie

Plecos4eva · Post by **Plecos4eva** » 29 Nov 2006, 07:39

Thanks for the help, I removed it with a blade no problem. Yes in the other eggs i can see a spine and little eyeballs.

Thanks again

M@RS · Post by **M@RS** » 29 Nov 2006, 10:42

Good luck with raising the fry!

Hope it all works out.