Convicts breeding

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thing124;631030; said:
has anyone else noticed that the mother moves the fry around the tank or is this just my experience?


Yea, my mother Convict moved her fry all over the place. Now they are a couple weeks old and they follow the mother wherever she goes.
 
thing124;631030; said:
update: egg's have hatched and mother has moved the fry to the center of the tank, will update as soon as i have photos, has anyone else noticed that the mother moves the fry around the tank or is this just my experience?

ya she will move them all over the tank, a night though both parents usually gather and move'm back to the nest. of course this may not be what happens with yours if they are the only ones in the tank.
 
Congrats on the fry....I usually siphon the fry out right away and raise them on my own....Although they have excellant parental skills, I found that at least 20, maybe 30 fry get accidently swallowed during "cleaning" or "moving"...Whether something startled the mother or she just had too many in her mouth, a number of fry are always swallowed..
 
this is my cons second batch and all the fry have dissapeared again!I thought that maybe mom had ate the first batch or they got sucked up in the filter but this time i put a sponge on the intake and watched the eggs hatch and turn to wigglers and then all the sudden they are all gone again.it has been a week so far and no sign of babies.
 
z24frank;632305; said:
this is my cons second batch and all the fry have dissapeared again!I thought that maybe mom had ate the first batch or they got sucked up in the filter but this time i put a sponge on the intake and watched the eggs hatch and turn to wigglers and then all the sudden they are all gone again.it has been a week so far and no sign of babies.

What's $10?!?Buy a new 10g and stick the fry in there...This way guarantees you more fish...
 
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