It finally happened! (video)

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Wulfonce

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I woke up this morning and found convict fry! (or wigglers, whatever the proper name is). The mother has her hands full gathering them up and putting them back in the cave while the dad just looks on, lazy fish. :grinno:

Here's a video. :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiVVQj-7A7s


Question: how long till they lose their yoke sacks?
and when should I start to feed them?
 
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congrats. i want to start breeding convicts too :D
 
Wulfonce;3160073; said:
I woke up this morning and found convict fry! (or wigglers, whatever the proper name is). The mother has her hands full gathering them up and putting them back in the cave while the dad just looks on, lazy fish. :grinno:

Here's a video. :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiVVQj-7A7s


Question: how long till they lose their yoke sacks?
and when should I start to feed them?
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They will be wigglers for3-5 days. After that crush the hell out of some flakes or buy some fry food and feed them twice daily.

Congratzzzzzzzz!
 
Congrats, I'm not an expert but brine shrimp is good for babies
 
D-WALT;3162555; said:
congrats man! but if convicts have babies then they dont try to eat them???:confused:
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Convicts are great parents. They go above and beyond to protect their fry and will defend them to the death. They will probably eat their babys under certain circumstances but that's not normally the case. perhaps in cases of deformity maybe? I really dont know.

perhaps someone with more knowledge could elaborate on this further.
 
Day 2 now and the mother cant seem to keep up with returning the wigglers to the cave. The father is finally helping and has taken a roll in keeping the fry in one area. He keeps watch over a crack in the rock that the fry keep swimming out of while the mother sticks to the cave entrance. I was watching them for a few hours yesterday and every time one would swim out the crack and father would snap it up, swim around to the other side of the rock and spit it out at the cave entrance. I cant see how many there are because shes hiding them so deep. I did manage to count approximately 30 that were wiggling around waiting for a pickup. :grinno:

They're fun to watch and I cant wait until they grow up. :nilly:
 
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