Momma Con 1 Owner 1 ALL TIED!

[is300soon]

Kinda funny story. I've spent about an hour pulling fry from the momma and daddy convicts, I put them in a floating tank that has slits on the sides. I walk down the hallway and tell my son good night, he says how many did you catch dad? I say about 100 free swimmers. He jumps up to look and comes back to me and says you have to see this.

I walk in, my momma con is sucking them out of the floater through the slots. So we have a tie game here, I caught them, she took them back. Tomorrow when i wake up if they are all caught, I will take the small tank to work and silicone the sides so she cannot suck them back out. I will then re-catch them.

Just thought id post this funny story.

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[micstarz]

Whatever you do, DON'T TAKE YOUR FRY TO WORK, AND DON'T SEPARATE YOUR FRY FROM THEIR MOTHER. You might want to take the pater out because he might harass the female, but the fry can stay with their mother, and they very well should. You are stressing your fish and it's babies by separating them! It is natural behavior for the fry's parents to try and care for them. It Is Natural Behavior For The Fry's Parents To Try And Care For Them. IT IS NATURAL BEHAVIOR FOR THE FRY'S PARENTS TO TRY AND CARE FOR THEM!!!!

If you are keeping convicts I suggest you do some reading and research some of their requirements and breeding habits before acting on a silly impulse and cruelly separating your fish from it's offspring. (Moderator, please feel free to delete this paragraph)

 

[snoopy65]

Convicts usually do ok taking care of their fry,

 

[basslover34]

Whatever you do, DON'T TAKE YOUR FRY TO WORK, AND DON'T SEPARATE YOUR FRY FROM THEIR MOTHER. You might want to take the pater out because he might harass the female, but the fry can stay with their mother, and they very well should. You are stressing your fish and it's babies by separating them! It is natural behavior for the fry's parents to try and care for them. It Is Natural Behavior For The Fry's Parents To Try And Care For Them. IT IS NATURAL BEHAVIOR FOR THE FRY'S PARENTS TO TRY AND CARE FOR THEM!!!!

If you are keeping convicts I suggest you do some reading and research some of their requirements and breeding habits before acting on a silly impulse and cruelly separating your fish from it's offspring. (Moderator, please feel free to delete this paragraph)

RELAX!!! It's not the end of the world to seperate Convict fry from their parents... the Parents will breed sooner if you take the fry away... Most of us that Breed Convicts do this to up our yeild...

It's not idea to leave the fry in the tank as Momma and Dadda will... well... "oops Honey... I ate one of the kids!!!"... "No Problem dear.. thats why we have 300 of them at a time!"

When you pull the fry the mortality rate is MUCH Better.

 

[Pharaoh]

Separating the fry will not be detrimental to the fish. It is generally common practice to separate them. The breeders will soon get of the fact that the fry are gone and reproduce again. I do recommend placing them in a separate tank though.

 

[Pharaoh]

Dang, beat me to it.

 

[basslover34]

Also As Pharaoh Mentioned... It's better to not only have the fry out of the tank completely.. but out of Sight of the parents... Tanks side by side were the Female can see the fry will not reproduce quite as fast as one that the female can't see her fry... This is from personal testing and perhaps I just have weird females

 

[Mystus Redtail]

I wish I wold have separated the fry from my last batch, the father was so protective that he killed the mother... she was a great fish, even managed 6 white babies out of the group.

 

[basslover34]

Dang, beat me to it.

 

[basslover34]

I wish I wold have separated the fry from my last batch, the father was so protective that he killed the mother... she was a great fish, even managed 6 white babies out of the group.

I get 100-150 Pinks from every batch!