My pair bred again in my 220 after being moved from a 55 they shared. I have lost all previous fry from this pair and would like to keep them this time but would like it if someone could better explain when exactly I should move them. They were visible at the 1st of this month and now are swimming freely around with their convict mom. She wont let the Jag father come close, or the little freddy that shares the tank with them. I saw some of them pecking around at particles of food in the water so I assume they are past that egg sac portion of their youth. I always, always screw this up or the fry mysteriously disappear the night before I make a move. I would really like to catch them before anything bad happens, but after the mother has them pretty much ready to be alone. I am thinking about putting the fry net that hangs on the inside of the edge of the tank and syphoning them into it. Then transferring them to my 55 across the basement. Any help would be appreciated, like I said i'm 0 for 5 so far and I am a bit nervous I'll screw this up too.
Btw for me, I actually left my grow-out tank unfiltered, for algae and stuff to grow all over. My babies fed on 'em whenever they were super hungry and couldn't eat the fish food due to whatever reason. 
But it was a well established tank tho.
