Back to back spawns in the same breeding tank.

I have too many females that are about to pop and not enough males for all of them right now. I hope I don't kill the males with all the work that they are doing with these multiple spawns!

In this breeding tank I had a new female spawn about 3 weeks ago. 2 weeks later I took her out and put another female in with that same male and she spawned the next day.

In this picture you can see the fry from the first batch that are around 1/2" long and more white looking. You can also see the fry from the new batch that are more orange looking. They are more yolk sack right now than anything. Most of them are still in the breeding tube with the male, but you can see that some of them are also ready to come out of the tube.



Here's a full view of that tank.

They are albino bristlenose pleco's. I already have around 400 fry that were hatched in the last 6 weeks. I may have to get rid of some of the females. I tried putting my main female on hold for several months back in May and I tried breeding her again in September but she's all messed up. She will lay a few and go back and lay a few more and this goes on for a couple of days. I think she is about egg bound. I don't want to put any good females on hold anymore. Maybe I'll just toss the eggs after they lay if I don't need them.

Here's some updated pictures. I don't know how many there are in this tank. To many to count. The breeding tube has been removed and the male given a well deserved rest, back in the 75 gallon.



Without the wood.







Lights out and feeding time.

They are ready for it. I usually feed mainly decap shrimp egg for the first 4 - 6 weeks along with spirulina wafers. They will get the zucchini and peas when they go to the 75 gallon grow out tank in about 2 more weeks. I feed heavy protein at this age and it really makes em grow fast!

I need to take some camera classes! I not even sure what macro shots means! LOL... I can try to get some close ups for you though. All I have is a little digital canon A540. Thanks