I'm a mother!

Hi!


After many failed attempts my red spotter deacons have finally got it together “gave birth†to a bunch of fry. They are now all free swimming (for the last 2 days) the parents still hold them in their mouth in an attempt to keep them in one spot (which proves to be very difficult). I moved the pair of Angels with whom they shared the tank to my other tank so now the family has the a spacious 350 litter all to itself. My question is; if and when I have to separate the fry from the parents. I would prefer not to do it for as long as I can as I don’t have a third tank but I am not sure what the protocol is....


As always I will appreciate any advice !

PS
The filter in the pic is off....

 

Congratulations!! Hope you can manage to raise all of them, I moved the fry at day 4 and they coped.

 

hey theres a head growing out of that fishes tail in the first pic!!

 

nice one ,i always like golden deacons ,i havent seen them in a petshop here in ages.

 

Hey firemanmuzz there are red spotted decons

RESPECT!:blink1:

 

i stand corrected ,they derived from golds i presume tho,they certainly really pretty fish ,congrats on the fry.

 

@natnat - Congrats my friend!!! I would leave them for with the fry....especially since this is their 1st spawning.... Why break up something beautiful and disturb a parents 1st spawn? Tank is more than big enough to raise them,with their parents to a pretty decent size - that is till parents want to do the dirty again...he,he. Only remove them when the parents start spawning behaviour again....

What you feeding the baba's btw?

 

Azurekoi ! always wise, always inspiring and forever positive. Thank you for this; it is what I wanted to hear. My next question was going to be about the foods so i'm glad you asked. I purchased some DARO baby fish food (for egg layers) but didn’t use it yet. Not sure when I should start and how; the fry are so small and the parents are probably going to get to the food first. Must I continue feeding the parents “adult” food?

 

Your fry are free swimming by now...start feeding!!! they are feeding off bits and bobs in the tank already - so feed the one you got (Although I'm not a big fan of their products....) Even crushed flake they will take already being rather large as fry go... feed the parents as per normal - they gotta get their strength back up ....

BBS(Baby Brine Shrimp) would be great,but in such a big tank a lot would get lost....

PS: How big are the Clown loaches? ....

 

Clowns have slowed down they seem to have all reached a similar size approximately 15cm, some are wider. All 12 are like one synchronised organism beautifully coordinated. They have absolutely no fear spending much time patrolling the entire tank and always trying to interact following every movement in the room. It’s a very busy tank now probably slightly overcrowded as I moved all the others into it (from the 300 litter) so its 12 loaches 5 silver dollars, 2 very entertaining parrots, approximately 8 rainbows and 6 Giant danios. I do a weekly water change and the tank is happy. I will send you some photos soon

 

Shweet!!! The Clowns have slowed down - just like I said they would.... put pretty impressive growth in just over a year!! Cant wait to see the pics...

 

God they difficult to capture, just took a few pics with my phone will try net week with a proper camera but you can get an idea

 

@natnat.... he,he - I hate you so much right now.... lol

They are gorgeous - nice to see happy healthy CL's of that size - and retaining the black so well!!! Job very well done me girl!!! thanx for the pics.... Worth it now after all the initial hassles hey?

 

very cool - natnat well worth the effort ... good job!

 

Thank you guys, I could never have done it without the support i get here!
By the way, only about 10 fry left...

 

OH well.... the young couple has just laid another bunch of eggs, there are still looking after approximatly 10 little one but i didnt expect it to happen so fast...
Any ideas?...