Jellybean Cichlid Fry

Hi,

About a month ago I bought two little jellybean parrots for my daughter. Long story short - I thought these guys were unable to breed (being hybrids and sterile and all). It appears somebody forgot to tell these two that :blink1:

Cleaned their tank yesterday and nothing looked any different. No eggs, just a couple of large pits they've dug in the gravel. Nothing unusual...

Woke up this morning to find a couple of free-swimming fry in the hidey-hole (not a clue as to how they survived the gravel vac). What now? Do I leave them or remove them? What do I feed them? Any advice would be welcome...

Also, the bigger one has nipped the smaller one's fins rather badly. Would it be OK if I remove it, or would the fry need both parents around?

I've only ever raised guppy fry before, so parents that don't immediate eat their young is new to me...

Thanks for the help.
Theresa

 

Hi TMD
Can you please post a pic of the Jellybean as I have not seen one yet

 

Sure..
Sure. They look like this...

 

Is this also known as toffee fish?
It also looks similar to an albino hybrid convict

 

Those are not parrots but pink convicts and they breed like rabbits

You can feed them BBS or just crushed pellets and the parents are normally great at taking care of their young

 

Dude, not a clue!!! :wondering:
Were sold as jellybeans...

 

Thanks for this...