FH Fry keeping

[Blue Ice]

i bought 11 FH fries or frys (whatever).
its from a hobbyist so they were cheap and not well identified.
i placed them i a tank of 3.5 x 1.5 ft (customly constructed by me)

after a day, the brightly colored fries started to chase and bite the others.
they were all about 1.5 inch to 2 inches in size.

whats the best thing to do with this?

are FH really this territorial that even fries are so aggressive?

 

[BastardFish]

so what is that tank like close to a 40gal? What size are the fry right now as this will make a difference? If they are still around the inch range you should be good for a bit but depending on the size hard to say until I know. Yes they are aggressive. Fry do well at small size when there are a lot of them. You start breaking them down into smaller groups and they start to claim territory. Yes they are very territorial. Try adding some plants but not to many rocks just plants to give visual beerier but nothing to claim. When you have a lot you want bare tank as to have nothing for them to claim as their own.

 

[Blue Ice]

i cant exactly calculate the tank.. maybe 60 gallons
3.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 are the rough dimensions

the fry are about 1.5 to 2 in

 

[ayobreezie]

Make sure the gravel is flat and even at the bottom, no hills, and dips.. I was told that this doesn't really give them a territory to claim.

 

[aquatic_wonders]

Your tank is to small it like 25 gl only and of course even they are small they are fh's evryday they grow big they will show more aggressiveness.

 

[vietkidlovefish]

hummm.i put all my fry in 55 gal. they are 1" rite now and they do chase each other but you guy rite big bare tank they dont claim territory

 

[Davey_8313]

I've got 17 FH fry between 1-2" in a 75 for right now and they chase each other in that...

 

[BastardFish]

normally I grow out 200-300 in 40 or 60 gal breeders ntil they are around 1.5'' then they get moved into grow out ponds never have isses you must got something wrong size of fish tank ? Pictures would be nice

 

[Blue Ice]

as a solution, i tried to separate the fry. i transfere 6 of the fry to another tank. the tanak has already 3 oscar. two of them a pair. been observing them for 2 days and the only agression i see is between the FH fry. the 3 oscars seem to be passive with them. the tank is just small about 30 gal.
i better have a bigger tank by next week or the fins of my fry with become like leaves of a weeping willow.

with the minimal nutrition ( not malnutrition), does anybody now the rate at which FH fry grows?

 

[BastardFish]

very fast bro but you don't want to starve them at that age or they will not develop nice hurting color etc. One more thing I know you said they are doing okay now but Oscars and FH do not mix well at all just informing ya