16Mar/100
Ancisterus Fry in lucky escape shock
bristlenose-fry-3, originally uploaded by james_mk_green.
I came to perform a water change on my tropical aquarium yesterday evening. Nearly all the ornaments were removed including my adult male ancisterus favourite hideaway - a fake tree root (hollow).
After 2-3 hours of cleaning I put the tree root back and found 7-8 tiny fry left on the towel. On touching them, they were still moving, if rather dry.
They were each coerced from the towel threads where their tails were caught, onto my finger then released.
Their next escape will be from the cichlids and barbs inhabiting my tank...





