My blue acaras had eggs for the first time, i bought them 3 months ago at 2"! what do i do now tho!?! These are just to random fish i bougt when i first bought a fish tank! i though nothing of it didn't even know they would be male and female just bought them because they looked nice! now that i know more what luck hey! two random fish end up being breeding pairs of the same species! they have a tank mate a small jaguar cichlid! the males about 6" the female is 4" and the jaguar is about 4.5" in a 29 gallon :s i wasn't really execting this! but what a nice xmas present! But i do need help, i have a small breeding cage and my spare tank all ready has residents of 2 small severums of about 1.5" and 5 1" red terror fry!
What a christmas preset my fish laid eggs!
- Thread starter Runitis
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Congrats!! Now u wait for them to hatch and once they do wait till they consume their yolk sack. then u need to start feeding them baby brine shrimp or take the easy route and feed them crushed flakes. The parents will probably be able to defend the majority of the fry from the jaguar but eventually the Jaguar will become big enough to eat both the babies and kill the parents. I can't think of any other combo u could do to keep them safe long term other then getting another tank. The only combo that would work long term is Severums and the Acaras, but u need to put some size on those Sevs before u put them with a breeding pair of acaras.
Thank you! also thanks for the info yes i realized not all will make it and i do know the jag is not a long term tank mate and will need another tank! okay good i have some severums growing right now actually in another smaller tank im keeping my eyes out right now for a larger tank!
Here's a vid of the eggs and my other inhabitants!! i know i know small tank im working on it!!!
[video=youtube;c4F403krCYA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4F403krCYA&feature=youtu.be[/video]
[video=youtube;c4F403krCYA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4F403krCYA&feature=youtu.be[/video]
_Thats a nice vid and nice fish, don't disturb them for now though, cuz if u stress them out by rearanging the tank they might panic and eat the eggs/fry. If the jag is getting beat up thats good, it means they can defend the babies. GL
the festae's are growing out still and will sell of most of them i just want to pick the nicest one when they get around 4-5"
and i know he's in a small tank now but i just bought him a new 70g!