feeding birchir fry

[pjmowens]

im currently fish sitting a couple of my mates fish. his pair of senegals are spawning as i type. just a couple of questions

1- once spawning has ceased should i seperate parents? i think yes
2- should i start feeding them when eggs sack disappears?
3- what should i feed apart bbs?

thanks for all your help

 

[beblondie]

congrats on the mating.Yes seperate the parents from the eggs adult senegauls
find the eggs quite tasty.Now comes the hard part . tank should be kept at 82 degrees with a PH value between 6.5 and 7.0.If things have gone well you should see hatching within 60-90 hours . The young resemble tadpoles and will adhere to
plants and rocks , and live off yolk sacs for approx 6-7 days after which they will need feeding.
Foods include
baby brine shrimp
finely chopped bloodworms
mysis shrimp .
It is sadly at this time death rates increase do to fighting and canibalism if possible the fry should be seperated in individual containers for several weeks or raised in a tank with lots of
Java fern (Microsorium pteropus)to hide from eachother . Once they reach approx.4 cm the odds of survival increase -Anne

 

[channarox]

all the info needed above.

 

[*mysenegalyin*]

good luck with the babies.

 

[Bichir4Life]

GL and keep us posted!

 

[pjmowens]

cool thanks guys. will keep you posted.

 

[uting]

how did you breed them?

 

[pjmowens]

they have bred three times before. on saturday i transferred them to a tank at my house from my mates. in the tank they spawn on a cobweb brush kind of thing. the female was pretty gravid when i got em. did a 40% water change and wallah!

eggs are now starting to hatch at hour 48. only about 40% were laid on the spawning mop and the rest on the bare bottom floor. by the looks of it so far hatch rate will be about 80-90%. there are approx 110 eggs.

HTH patrick

 

[peraltaaero]

they have bred three times before. on saturday i transferred them to a tank at my house from my mates. in the tank they spawn on a cobweb brush kind of thing. the female was pretty gravid when i got em. did a 40% water change and wallah!

eggs are now starting to hatch at hour 48. only about 40% were laid on the spawning mop and the rest on the bare bottom floor. by the looks of it so far hatch rate will be about 80-90%. there are approx 110 eggs.

HTH patrick

wow
good luck!

 

[gigas12]

Hi,good luck for the frys.