I just recently saw that my female dovii just had some fry! What is the next step I do to make sure they survive? Do I need to by a certain type of food for them or will the mother take care of them to make sure they eat and survive?!
MY DOVII HAD BABIES!!!!
- Thread starter gizmo1417
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I had just left my managuense fry alone for 2-3 weeks with the occasional dunk of a hard boiled eggs inside panty hoes and a potatoe to grow some infusoria to feed them but I noticed fry that stayed inside the parents tank for those 2 or 3 weeks grew faster than the ones I had separated. Buy some Hikari first bites and feed them that as well as some baby brine shrimp (live). How many days old? I have never bred Dovii and Managuense is the only Parachromis I have bred but raising them is pretty much all the same.
I honestly think(since this is the first time I have seen the fry) maybe a couple days old...I've never had a pair of fish breed so I am kind of new to this stage...I will buy some food for the fry tho!
gizmo1417;1680760; said:
Ok here is what you need to buy.
1LB of potato
a couple eggs
Hikari First Bites.
Frozen Brine shrimp as well as Brine shrimp eggs
Freeze dried Hikari Blood Worms
and a Bag of frozen peas
When you feed the potato just cook it first and plop it in the tank and within a day there should infusoria for the little fry to eat in there and after about 4 days stop feeding them that because they will no longer get enough nutrition off it but start feeding hard boiled egg yolk that is wrapped in fine mesh. I like to use panty hoes. Just shake it in the tank a little and there should be fine particles coming off. You can also feed Hikari Fist bites at this time. After they get a little size of them begin the Frozen Brine Shrimp and Blood worms. The peas are fed to control protein consumption and help digest. If you have algae in the tank do not remove it because fry love to munch on it. Especially hair algae. you should be fine though if you do this. GL on the fry.
Oh and keep your water in prestine condition to speed growth.
Thanks that's some great information...I will do this as soon as I get all the supplies...Thank you again I appreciate it!
