I have a pair of Jack dempsey's, first time parents and my first time breeding them, they laid eggs about 3 weeks ago.
There are about 10-20 babies still alive and the mother is protective of them but the male is lip locking with her and they both have some bad mouth injuries.
I put in a divider to separate them.
My plan is to pull the babies, let the parents heal, and see if they pair up with out fighting as much.
For healing the fish, I have a planted tank, so i am just planning on keeping the water clean and monitoring the injuries, if the injuries get worse i will probably dose E. M. Erythromycin.
Does any one have any suggestions or does that sound like a good plan?
Thank You
There are about 10-20 babies still alive and the mother is protective of them but the male is lip locking with her and they both have some bad mouth injuries.
I put in a divider to separate them.
My plan is to pull the babies, let the parents heal, and see if they pair up with out fighting as much.
For healing the fish, I have a planted tank, so i am just planning on keeping the water clean and monitoring the injuries, if the injuries get worse i will probably dose E. M. Erythromycin.
Does any one have any suggestions or does that sound like a good plan?
Thank You