What do you do with the fry?

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Druu;1144364; said:
Scrape em off into a bag and send em to other forum members that want to hatch em right? Members like me? :drool:

I highly doubt this would work. Unless you shipped the rock which the eggs were laid on, added an airstone etc.
 
In the case of my jacks, better to let the parents care for the fry, they are incredible parents, they make two or three nests in my tank an move the fry by mouth from one nest to the other, chewing their food and fanning it into the fry. I'm raising five of their babies in the same tank now, they are 2-3 inches, their parents no longer take care of them, and only occasionally kick them out of their nesting area. I'll post pics soon. The parents haven't bred since I decided to keep those five, don't know whether they eat the eggs, or if the parents just aren't comfortable enough to breed yet. They're something like 7 months old now. I'll move them when there is aggression problems, so far so good, the giant danios take the brunt of that:naughty:
 
PacKRaT;1133566; said:
So, I've had several rounds of jack dempsey fry now, all of my other cichlids enjoy fresh healthy demsey feeders, I let a few get large and give them away, what do you do with so many fish like demseys or convicts, much less livebearers like platys or swordtails?

you can always shipp some free 2 me!92069.....My females need a male to play with...oh how im Desperate for a male..(that came out wrong)...i know your not gonna do it but it was worth a try! sorry for my stupidity
 
cichlidsguy;1149704; said:
you can always shipp some free 2 me!92069.....My females need a male to play with...oh how im Desperate for a male..(that came out wrong)...i know your not gonna do it but it was worth a try! sorry for my stupidity

Do you read? Several users have pointed out why this is not feasible.
 
I would get a big kidy pool at walmart and grow them out over the summer and sell them some how some way that's what i do with all my red devil fry i just brought them in from the outdoor ponds and i have a add running in the green sheets cichlids for sale.
 
big train;1150273; said:
I would get a big kidy pool at walmart and grow them out over the summer and sell them some how some way that's what i do with all my red devil fry i just brought them in from the outdoor ponds and i have a add running in the green sheets cichlids for sale.


that's a cool idea.
 
almost all have been said give them for free or cull it.
 
big train;1150273; said:
I would get a big kidy pool at walmart and grow them out over the summer and sell them some how some way that's what i do with all my red devil fry i just brought them in from the outdoor ponds and i have a add running in the green sheets cichlids for sale.

what would you suggest to do for filtration when using one of those kiddie pools?
 
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