I perform weekly 50% changes on my tanks. That is probably too much on fry living in a 10gal. Maybe a 20% change once a week would be better. Just make sure that the water that you add is close to the same temp. and properly conditioned. Did your friend say how many times the fish bred before she started removing their fry? Was it a one-time thing? If they ate their first batch they would probably learn not to do the same thing again. A lot of fish eat their first and second batches but they usually stop after that. Your fish may not eat their fry if given the chance to care for them again. When they spawn again, leave some for them to rear on their own. If they learn not to eat their young, you will be able to keep them with the parents far longer. This will be better for the fish, their fry, and you.
Lost BGJD Fry
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bolivianbaby;4550674; said:
What kind of frozen bbs are you using?
The jerky swimming motion of live bbs is what attracts baby fish. Once they learn to eat they'll eat anything.
Gruff Master;4550864; said:
I don't know how many spawns, but I know it was a lot. She'd been breeding them for over a year. She didn't save all the batches, but I'd say 4 spawns would be a safe bet.
I'll try leaving most of them with the parents next time, especially if they'll have a better chance of survival. The last time I left them around 50. This was a huge spawn. I probably pulled at least 100 fry for myself, if not more.
peathenster;4551123; said:
Hikar bio-pure is the brand. I got in on that huge frozen food order with the club
bolivianbaby;4551422; said:Hikar bio-pure is the brand. I got in on that huge frozen food order with the club
That might have been the problem....I think that's way too big for them
You should take the fry out of the tank, you have to remember they're literally new borns and they're VERY susceptible to any change in environment, pulling them out of the water for even a short amount of time could kill them, also, doing daily water changes causes the water to never be stable and it might make the fry go into shock and die because they couldn't adapt to the constantly changing water parameters. It's best to take the parents out rather than the fry. In my experience, try not to do too many water changes with young fry, just put in a sponge filter and wait for them the grow out.
I've had bad luck with my Dempsey's. But I had Convicts, Cutteri and HRP's as well as livebearers that have all made it. My Dempsey's ate their first batch of fry, then I removed the second batch and moved em to a 10 gallon tank in a breed trap and somehow one of the other babies in the 10 gallon got in the breed trap and ate them. They just spawned again Monday, but I had to go up north that night so I stuck my divider in the tank and I don't know if any hatched or what with being gone. Tomorrow's water change day so I'll find out if any did when I do that.
I do 2-4 gallon water changes a week on my 10 gal. fry tank every other week while just doing 1-4 gallon change every other week and I've had pretty good success with them not dying.
I do 2-4 gallon water changes a week on my 10 gal. fry tank every other week while just doing 1-4 gallon change every other week and I've had pretty good success with them not dying.
