Kasey wants to know:
my cichlids had babies and the other ones keep eating them but the parents try to run them off their are not alot of babies like only like 20 their stripped
my cichlids had babies and the other ones keep eating them but the parents try to run them off their are not alot of babies like only like 20 their stripped
http://www.aqua-fish.net/imgs/articles/convict-cichlids-1.jpg
can i seperate them from their mother and father or is their anything that i can do
do they need to eat something off of their parents or do they eat fish food is their anything else
July 10th, 2009 at 4:45 am
Yes you can separate them but separate 1-2 first just to see what happens but also take some water from the tank they are currently in. Most fry start eating flakes and brine shrimp once they have absorbed their egg sacs. The fry will grow rapidly with good water conditions, frequent feeding, and good diets
July 12th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
First choice - fresh hatrched brine shrimp
Second choice - finely crushed flake
I wouldn’t worry too much, Convicts will produce up to 200 fry every month do you really want them all to survive
If you leave them be some will find stuff in the tank to eat