fry are worse then da convicts

[sun catfish]

so i come home to check on my breeding project and i cant find my beloved female so i look at the top of the tank ANd there she is but she was so beat up fins and everything so i started watching and i noticed that it wasnt my male it was the babys because wen i would back up the babys swarm around and on her. she is preaty messed up fins torn and eye looks like the babys also rawed that out so its a bit dull in color and her forhead is the worst looks real torn up right now she is in a breeder box as i have no q tank becaue i was plannin on having the fish i have for s bit so took down the quarentine any body else have this experience babys doing dmage to the parrents

 

[1bigdovii]

That hapened to my buddies femake jag when it bred with a convict. Jags i know feed off the slime coat of their parents. I dont think cons do but they ate his female up pretty bad no matter howuch the fry were fed. My male dovii also got hos dorsal fin ate up pretty goo durring one of their spawns. I have found it best to remove most of the fry after a week or 2 with the parents to help avoid this.

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[Gruff Master]

Fry will sometimes feed on the slime coats of their parents. In the process the fry can do a lot of damage to the fins and body of the parents. This is made worse when parents and fry are kept together for too long in the limited confines of an aquarium. I personally have never seen it go as far as it has in your situation. What is the size of the tank that the female was in with the fry? Is the male also with the female? It's too bad that you no longer have a qt tank. That would be an ideal place to keep the female to help her heal stress free with frequent water changes. I hope she pulls through.

Looks like the above member beat me to the punch.