Hi Guys,
While I initially thought my female Dovii ate all her eggs... It turns out she just moved all the good ones!
I discovered this during a water change and tank clean, when my female attacked and bit me, I looked a little closer and I could see 20-50 fry wiggling about in a small plant pot..
This has taken place in my main display tank, but is currently divided by eggcrate. In one half I have my dovii pair and in the second I have a Juvi dovii and pleco. At the moment i dont have any spare tanks to relocate the smaller dovii. I understand that he poses a risk in eating the fry.
I realise that in a few days time, the fry will begin to swim out of the plant pot and venture out to the rest of the tank. They will potentially swim into the mouth of the preditor !!
What am I do?
Relocate the fry? I do have a spare 1ft tank I can use for the interim period for the fry. Or should I relocate the the smaller Dovii?
Another thing, is feeding the fry. When will I know they've eaten the egg sacks and need to be fed? And what food should be given to the fry?
The fry at the moment they're roughly 5-7mm in size and would be roughly a week old. (from the time the eggs were laid)
While I initially thought my female Dovii ate all her eggs... It turns out she just moved all the good ones!
I discovered this during a water change and tank clean, when my female attacked and bit me, I looked a little closer and I could see 20-50 fry wiggling about in a small plant pot..
This has taken place in my main display tank, but is currently divided by eggcrate. In one half I have my dovii pair and in the second I have a Juvi dovii and pleco. At the moment i dont have any spare tanks to relocate the smaller dovii. I understand that he poses a risk in eating the fry.
I realise that in a few days time, the fry will begin to swim out of the plant pot and venture out to the rest of the tank. They will potentially swim into the mouth of the preditor !!
What am I do?
Relocate the fry? I do have a spare 1ft tank I can use for the interim period for the fry. Or should I relocate the the smaller Dovii?
Another thing, is feeding the fry. When will I know they've eaten the egg sacks and need to be fed? And what food should be given to the fry?
The fry at the moment they're roughly 5-7mm in size and would be roughly a week old. (from the time the eggs were laid)
