Severum fry help
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Lol well right now I wish I didn’t have motherly instincts
Personally I cried like a baby when I gave away my French Bulldog so Fathers can feel the same.
Lol well right now I wish I didn’t have motherly instincts
I am that way with all my pets but my husband isn’t as attracted to the fish as he is to his dogs. Lol now I just have to get ready for Monday’s trip to the LFS, maybe this time I will try and get most of them in this next trip. I think I would be easier on me.
One more question and this is more of an opinion really, I have a breeding pair of green terrors in this same tank but I know they aren’t happy because they are stuck in a corner and don’t swim around anymore since the severum fry have been around. If you were me would you give them up and hope for a better home or should I leave them in the tank? This is my first large tank with large fish and everything changed once the babies arrived.
Lol well right now I wish I didn’t have motherly instincts
I am that way with all my pets but my husband isn’t as attracted to the fish as he is to his dogs. Lol now I just have to get ready for Monday’s trip to the LFS, maybe this time I will try and get most of them in this next trip. I think I would be easier on me.
One more question and this is more of an opinion really, I have a breeding pair of green terrors in this same tank but I know they aren’t happy because they are stuck in a corner and don’t swim around anymore since the severum fry have been around. If you were me would you give them up and hope for a better home or should I leave them in the tank? This is my first large tank with large fish and everything changed once the babies arrived.
Personally I probably would rehome them because don't like seeing fish going through that.
Yea that’s what I was thinking. It’s hard to get the right balance with larger fish. Plus when two different types of fish are breeding in the same tank it’s a disaster for the other fish. Plus the Severums took over parenting for about 4 of the green terror fry since the male green terror was eating his babies. What a mess my dream tank has become.
I agree with
tlindsey
I’d give them up. Babies really do completely change the dynamics of a tank.
I know it’s sad giving babies to a store, but some will go to wonderful homes. It will be for the best.
tlindsey
I’d give them up. Babies really do completely change the dynamics of a tank. I know it’s sad giving babies to a store, but some will go to wonderful homes. It will be for the best.
Don't be hard on your self, they got a better chance than wild fish.
As far as catching them ,get a two liter bottle, cut the top off, put a rock in the bottle, put the top in backwards and you have a fish trap!
I’m reviving this as I’m in the Opposite situation...
Hopefully it’s not un classy to piggy back on the same topic... thanks OP!
I bought a pair of red spot severums to teach my bass how to eat pellets... anywho, that was a fail, sev’s picked on bass too much...
now sev pair lives in 75g solo... they have laid. 3 batches of eggs, 2nd batch went really well but they eat the dang wigglers...
something on the net said give em 12 try’s....
I do have a separate fry tank... goal is to get a nice looking classy male as my male is... not so pretty n he’s got an bad eye I did not notice when purchasing....
so, question... can I take the bog log out once they fertilize eggs and point a power head or put air stone under it to simulate the fanning or do I need to strip the eggs off and put in a tumbler?
thanks!
Hopefully it’s not un classy to piggy back on the same topic... thanks OP!
I bought a pair of red spot severums to teach my bass how to eat pellets... anywho, that was a fail, sev’s picked on bass too much...
now sev pair lives in 75g solo... they have laid. 3 batches of eggs, 2nd batch went really well but they eat the dang wigglers...
something on the net said give em 12 try’s....
I do have a separate fry tank... goal is to get a nice looking classy male as my male is... not so pretty n he’s got an bad eye I did not notice when purchasing....
so, question... can I take the bog log out once they fertilize eggs and point a power head or put air stone under it to simulate the fanning or do I need to strip the eggs off and put in a tumbler?
thanks!
Remove the Driftwood with the eggs on it. I don't like the air to hit the eggs so I keep the object with eggs submerged at al times. A powerhead may be too much but tbh I never tried that method. Place a air stone near the eggs for circulation and to keep waste from collecting on them. If you have Methylen Blue on hand add a couple of drops it helps keep good eggs from fungus.
