Festae and Midas Fry

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nolapete

Jack Dempsey
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I have a festae pair and midas pair in a divided 110. The festae have 2/3 and the midas have 1/3. The tank is is 6' long.

My midas spawned the afternoon/evening of the 6th and my festae on the early morning of the 7th.

Once the fry are free swimming for 2 weeks, I plan to move the pairs to their own tanks.

The fry should all be about the same size by that time, so I'm planning on raising them together in the 110.

Anyone see any problems with this?
 
If you plan to sell them young you'll have a terrible time trying to net them without getting a mix.
 
Yes, I have tried mixing fry before and it failed, and has failed for many other people, 1 species always out competes the other. I would keep the tank divided so the fry cannot cross over, you will get much better success rate.

Also the Midas would most likely out grow the Festae.

And wheres the pictures!?:)

Dave
 
nolapete;2890876; said:
I have to spend the money I had set aside for my new camera to build this 3600 gallon monster tank. Sucks doesn't it?
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Yeah it sucks....you poor thing. (<-sarcasm :D) Congrats on the double spawn.
 
I think the midas fry will most likely feast on the festae. Festae tend to grow a little slower.

I'm from NO also. Moved to laPlace after Katrina.
 
I'll just have to pull the quick growers to another tank then. I've noticed over the years that a lot of cichlid fry grow at very random rates. If I keep pulling the larger ones, the smaller ones catch up quickly.
 
i have to agree with the others on this one. the midas fry will quickly outgrow the festae, most likely from feasting on them. also pulling the bigger ones out over time i believe would be alot harder than it sounds, and very stressfull to the fish. if you can. get a devider in and raise them seperately
 
Its not just that the Midas will outgrow the Festae, either one will dominate the other and you will most likely end up with 1 species.
 
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