HELP PLEASE - HOW TO HATCH PLECOS EGGS

[brown hoplo]

A friend of mine has some plecos eggs he has come across in his tank and has no interests in hatching them.

He has given them to me and they are less than 24 hours old.

I am interested to learn the best, economical method to successfully hatch the plecos eggs from the clutch.

I have read several things and heard different stories such as soaking them in Methylne Blue first, then put them in a well aerated tank. Others include separating the eggs so they are not in a clutch, soaking them in Methlyne Blue, then in a tank to aerate them.

I head that I can just separate them and throw them in a tumbler. I heard suspend them with a mesh netting in a tank and place the airstone underneath the clutch of eggs.

Please, if anyone can provide any direction to hatching plecos eggs, I would love a successful attempt at this.

Thanks for any insight!!!

[MatsP]

I really think the best way is to leave them with "dad", but I guess it's a bit late for that.

In a fry-net with an airstone SHOULD work. Methylene blue will prevent fungus. I would probably just prepare the fry container with a low dose of Methylene blue and then do water changes over the next few days to reduce the dose as the egg develops. Most eggs hatch after 6 days or so.

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Mats