HUNDREDS OF JAGUAR EGGS!!!!

[tyewag]

I know they will hatch in the next 2-3 days. At what point should I remove the parents? Or do I remove the parents, or do I remove the dad? Someone help please. They are in a 125 gallon tank.

 

[baldtaxguy]

Leave the pair with the fry.

 

[Gruff Master]

There's no need to remove anything. Leave the parents with the eggs and let them raise the fry. Jags are usually great parents.

 

[JML1997]

Congrats on the spawn!

 

[WeeNe858]

Leave everything as is, they parents will take care of the eggs and fry when they hatch. If they end up eating this spawn, they'll have another one with in a month or two.


GOOD LUCK!

 

[crisper]

When i had my jag pair they would spawn every 6-8 weeks. Leave them with the fry and enjoy.

 

[tyewag]

Okay. I was curious because the dad ate the first spawn. Thank you all for the advice!!

 

[Gruff Master]

Okay. I was curious because the dad ate the first spawn. Thank you all for the advice!!

Many cichlids eat their early spawns. It's a learning process. Eventually, most learn not to eat their eggs or fry. If this behavior continues you could consider temporarily moving the male or setting up a divider. Though with a divider, fry still can swim between both sides. If the male is set on eating them he will have opportunities. But I think the male will learn to leave the eggs alone. let us know what happens. Good luck.

 

[baldtaxguy]

Many cichlids eat their early spawns. It's a learning process. Eventually, most learn not to eat their eggs or fry. If this behavior continues you could consider temporarily moving the male or setting up a divider. Though with a divider, fry still can swim between both sides. If the male is set on eating them he will have opportunities. But I think the male will learn to leave the eggs alone. let us know what happens. Good luck.

Actually, introduciing a divider, whether complete or incomplete, is more for protecting the female should you pull any fry - the male blames the female (or vice versa) and aggresses. I see parents eating fry/eggs less than 10% of spawns.

 

[Gruff Master]

Actually, introduciing a divider, whether complete or incomplete, is more for protecting the female should you pull any fry - the male blames the female (or vice versa) and aggresses. I see parents eating fry/eggs less than 10% of spawns.

I completely understand. I've used dividers with breeding pairs before. But at the same time I have seen adding a divider keep hungry parents away from eggs when another tank isn't an option. Like I mentioned before, fry can still get picked off since they can go through the divider. It's only a temporary fix till the eggs hatch and the fry are pulled. If the male goes ape on the female for it, then the divider still serves a purpose.