When my BN started spawning in April of this year it was very exciting
Naively I thought it would be a one-off event or maybe just a few times a year keeping the growout of the fry manageable. However, they have been spawning nearly non-stop, there are constantly new fry emerging from the cave and the process starts over. I have so many fry of various ages that I don't know how I will be able to find homes for all of them - and it is putting a very serious toll on my filtration system. I remove as many of them as I can catch and put them in a fry growout tank, but since the main tank is heavily planted and they are really fast I catch most of them when they get into the filter sock. Is there a way to discourage spawning, other than removing one of the fish? Perhaps if I removed the male's cave? My concern with that is there are other caves being used by other fish and when I first got him, he was quite feisty in trying to kick the other fish out of his preferred cave. So if I take away his spawning cave he might start harassing the other fish, some of which are quite shy. Thanks for any suggestions!!
