Help! My Flowerhorn laid eggs in their growout tank...

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lexi002

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First, many thanks to my friend babychris who hooked up the beautiful FH fry October of last year. I did like he said and put 15 fry into a 55 gallon hoping they would kill each other and I would end up with a pair or trio.

Well....Exactly 3 months later I have a pair and they already laid eggs in the community tank. :eek:

Kinda figured it was coming as they were lip locked 2 days ago, they took over half the tank and last night they were shimmying and shaking.

Anyways time to figure out what to do with the other 8 FH. :confused:
Also, I am running a Fluval 405 in the tank without a filter cover is this going to be a problem if later on they spawn again with fry? Would it be smart to buy a different filter? If so what should I get?
 
give em to your lfs, ask a friend to fishsit them or get a bigger tank
 
Thats what I was thinking. My LFS already wants them but I really want them to go to a better home.

I have a 75 I just haven't set it up.
 
Andrewtfw;2604745; said:
I put a pondmaster intake sponge over the intake of my 404. Seemed to work fine.

Thanks for the idea. Do you know where I could pick one of those up?
 
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