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  1. allentwnguy

    Advice on motherless fry

    SEE!!! You can believe everything you read on the internet!! That would be my thinking too Gerald. There are several mammals that share pup rearing too. And birds that lay eggs in other's nests then go on their merry way. Someday I may pop a few fry into another apistos brood and see what...
  2. allentwnguy

    Advice on motherless fry

    Of course I'm reading anything I can on the subject and gong through my library. I did read that in the wild where you have a colony of apistos and the high possibility of several close aged spawnings that parents will go after and snack on fry that aren't theirs. So somehow they can tell...
  3. allentwnguy

    Advice on motherless fry

    Thanks for the replies guys. The fish came out of Oregon this guy ships in sealed breather bags (like water pillows). He believes it's ok for fish to be in transit for days. Me... the health of the fish should be upmost if it costs more to ship faster let me know!!! Anyway on the bright side...
  4. allentwnguy

    Advice on motherless fry

    Already done Shane! The alto tapiche are so hard to come by! I thought I was finished with getting a breeding pair when the "known" female died and it seemed like I had all males left. 2 more of the smaller fish died so all three small, possible females were gone. Definitely the last two are...
  5. allentwnguy

    Advice on motherless fry

    Here's another crazy thought (I do have an outside of the box mind) has anyone ever "slid" a few fry into another brood? I have a Cacatuoides pair that is on their 5 spawn she just brought them out last week. The fry are perhaps a week older older than the tapiche fry. Probably not but I...
  6. allentwnguy

    Advice on motherless fry

    Thanks Gerald! That's pretty much where my head is at. I believe the two tapiche left are males. The male in with the fry I believe is the father. He pretty much stayed to the back of the tank (I have the tank side to the front) with the female in color and , now that I know what was going...
  7. allentwnguy

    Advice on motherless fry

    Here's the situation. I got in 5 wild caught alto tapiche on July 27th. They were young largest being 2 1/2 inches. They were kind of beat up. One had a round wound just behind the eye and 3 others had marks on their bodies. I had a 10gal set up for them with a ph just over 5, they were...
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