when to remove fry?

[Neil N]

hi folks i was just wondering on peoples opinions as to, when to remove fry from the parents, i've got a pair of green terrors with 4 week old fry and today i've come home to huge pile of eggs again , the parents dont seem to mind the fry fliting about, but i dont wnt to push my luck by leaving them too long and them getting snacked on .

all opinions welcome

 

[thefishguy7]

I would remove the fry once the others are free-swimming. The older fry will snack on the younger fry and the parents might eat the old fry to protect the new ones. Sometimes the parents can take care of 2 batches, but if you have an extra tank, I'd remove the fry.

Any pics of parents w/ fry?

 

[bichir_king]

i know i always remove fry unless i think that it is not able to be removed and i try to get them all but some times is to hard i breed convicts for food and i have some managuense babys that i am rasing the con fry with