Jaguar fries...Help...

[Ravi Pandya]

Last night suddenly I check my tank & found there are many fries of jaguar there...now I am worried as its community tank and there are AROWANA,OSCARS & SINSPILIM in same tank...suggest me what to do next...

Should I take out those fries alone ?
Should I take out them with their parents ?
Or it will be okay to keep there and their parents will take care ?

Please help on this as I am newbie for these things....

 

[tlindsey]

Last night suddenly I check my tank & found there are many fries of jaguar there...now I am worried as its community tank and there are AROWANA,OSCARS & SINSPILIM in same tank...suggest me what to do next...

Should I take out those fries alone ?
Should I take out them with their parents ?
Or it will be okay to keep there and their parents will take care ?

Please help on this as I am newbie for these



You could separate them with the parents using egg crate to separate from the other fish.
pops

 

[tlindsey]

Are the fry free swimming or wrigglers? If free swimming you could possibly siphon a few out and raise them yourself but I will let others chime in with their thoughts.

 

[Ravi Pandya]

Are the fry free swimming or wrigglers? If free swimming you could possibly siphon a few out and raise them yourself but I will let others chime in with their thoughts.

Yeah they are swimming properly but just nearby their parents only now I am planning to give them space & make a separator....

 

[tlindsey]

Yeah they are swimming properly but just nearby their parents only now I am planning to give them space & make a separator....

Great to hear the parents give body signals to the fry so the parents are doing a good job at the moment. Is this their first spawn?

 

[Ravi Pandya]

Yeah it's a first spawning of them...

 

[tlindsey]

Yeah it's a first spawning of them...

Its a very exciting experience congrats. The only negative with first time spawning is that sometimes the parents will eat the fry but lets hope for the best.

 

[Ravi Pandya]

Its a very exciting experience congrats. The only negative with first time spawning is that sometimes the parents will eat the fry but lets hope for the best.

Then should I take those fry out in smaller tank ?

 

[tlindsey]

Then should I take those fry out in smaller tank ?

If you don't have a seeded sponge filter ready I would just let them be. You could also use a small hob filter but would have to cover the intake with mesh screen so fry won't get sucked up. Make sure the filter has been cycled.

 

[tlindsey]

The fry will need pulverized flake food or pellet.