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My fry turn 1 month old today!
The remaining fry seem healthy and happy. The growth rates are inconsistent, with a handful being much larger than some of the others. I assume this is partly due to my less than consistent feeding schedule, and perhaps because I am feeding into a 10 gallon...
Great to know, dad is seperated and mom seems very attentive and caring. It’s a lot of fun watching her show them food and move them around in her mouth. I love watching the babies strike live baby brine shrimp, they really take their time before lunging. The female is colored up beautifully...
Been feeding live bbs daily. They seem content. I am keeping a close eye on mom for signs that she’s done caring for them. I will remove her once that happens. They became free swimming on November 11, so this is day 4, I am hoping I have at least another 5-6 days before I need to remove her.
I have a 29 gallon growout tank ready for the fry, and a 55 if that ends up too small, but I appreciate your concern! I’ll hang on to the dry food as it’s a great product for lots of other types of fry.
I was under the impression she will care for the fry for a few weeks at least?
11/8 update. A few days ago the mother moved all the eggs (including the ones scattered in front of the cave) into the other cave. This morning I spied wigglers inside the cave. It appears she piled the eggs up along the side of the cave, with the hatched wigglers crawling/swimming up the side...
Hey everyone, just an update. 2 days ago I woke up to find both male and female in the left side homemade cave. It was morning feeding time and I fed live baby brine and some pellets as usual, and neither fish would come out to eat. At that point I became a bit concerned that the male may be...
Beautiful tank. I will construct my next one with more division and blocks. I assume apisto’s benefit from blackwater? I have been wanting to build a blackwater tank anyway so perhaps now is the time.
Temp has been lowered and is sitting at 25C where it will remain!
Okay, here are some photos as it sits currently. I’ve got the driftwood, leaf litter, thickets and a lot (too many) of floating plants. It’s an overgrown mess but i’m afraid to do any trimming because I don’t want to stress them...
What is an ideal temp? I only chose 82 based on what the previous owner had them at, along with some cursory web searching (on this board and elsewhere).
I will cease the flakes, although i always crush them and use a pipette to feed them into the water column. I don’t own any fish that will...
Meet Sid and Nancy! Adopted these two on Saturday. They are currently living in a planted 10 gallon tank by themselves. The tank stays around 82 degrees. They have lots of hiding places and 2 caves to choose from (one of which I built myself from stone!) i’ve been feeding them live baby brine...