BNs have spawned.

[andy75]

My BNs spawned early sat night and the male is fanning like mad now, my only worry is i have a couple of clown loaches in the same tank and they seem to be sniffing around his cave. Should i be worried about them? Or should i remove them?

From what ive read and remember the eggs should hatch in 3 days?

Andy

[2wheelsx2]

I don't have any direct experience, but from all that I've read, CL will aggressively go after the eggs, so if you want any fry, you should remove the CL's.

[Suckermouth]

That would explain why I haven't had any spawns since I've added the CLs...

[MatsP]

And just to be clear "Hatch in three days" doesn't mean "fry ready to leave nest" in three days. They will be ready to leave in about 10-14 days - they just stop looking quite like eggs after three days, and start to get tail and head and fins, as they develop. After about 7 days, they will be brown, and then they will loose the egg sac slowly over the next few days, and eventually leave the nest.

Yes, I agree, remove the clown loaches.

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Mats

[andy75]

Ok thanks for the replys guys, and mats thanks for clearing that up for me I will remove the loaches asap, i just didnt want to go steaming into the tank with a net and scare the male.

Andy