Bolivian rams fry

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After feeding them today I realized that my bolivian rams have fry, the fry is on the bottom of the tank now and moving around I have no idea how to take take of this fry I'm guessing they are just a couple of days old, please give me some advise about the care of the fry right now the parents are with 3 other rams and one albino cory should I take them out??? And leave the parents alone??? What should I feed them?? And how often should I do water changes??? any info its helpful Thanks a lot!!

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Alright then. Best bet is to start hatching baby brine shrimp in an old 2 liter with an airstone. Get yourself a pipette or a babies nasal aspirator so you can shoot brine into the cluster of fry. Provide plenty of fake plants for them to hide when they are free swimming.


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Anchovie said:
Alright then. Best bet is to start hatching baby brine shrimp in an old 2 liter with an airstone. Get yourself a pipette or a babies nasal aspirator so you can shoot brine into the cluster of fry. Provide plenty of fake plants for them to hide when they are free swimming.


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Thanks any other advaise ???? How often should I do water changes?

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Well the more water changes you do the faster they will grow. If you're on a weekly wc schedule I would double it. Also, if you have any algae in the tank don't scrape it off until the fry are eating real food, as they will graze on it all day which is good. Also, there's one other thing I like to use. It's called Vitachem. You can get it from drsfostersmith.com pretty cheap. It's like a multivitamin for fish that's absorbed through the gills. It's also good to keep mom healthy after the stress of a large spawn. But all in all, raising fry isn't a huge undertaking. Just know that maybe 20% will survive the first few months, due to either tankmates or aggressive siblings. Keep us updated.


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Today the fry started to move around I kind of want to separate them to a smaller tank but not sure if I should do it .... I have 3 more bolivian rams in the tank and they are in one corner because the parents always chase them around when they get close to the fry what should I try to take the fry to other tank??? Would the parents will be ok ?? Will they stop chansing the others ??? Or should I just leave the fry there please help me out !!!! Btw my tank is a 20g long

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Newly born ram fry are too small to consume baby brine shrimp. Grind up flake or pellet food with a roller into powder. Place the power in a small dish with water and dispense the milk with a turnkey baster to the fry. Good luck.
 
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