A.Cac Triple Red Spawn questions

[yzf599rider]

So my triple reds spawned about a month ago. The biggest fry are about 7/16". When I first noticed them, I ended up taking the male out of the tank, because it seemed like he was picking them off. After that, I consistently was counting about 14 fry. The last couple days, I have only been able to count 6-9 at any time. I noticed last night that mom seems to be harassing the fry, and she is colored up again and I saw her go in her spawning cave again, which I haven't seen her do since the spawning. Is she harassing the fry becasue she wants them to get out of the territory so she can attract a male again? Should I remove her from the tank in order to protect the fry?

Thanks in advance,

David

ps. The only tank I feel ok about putting her in is a 20 long with 3-4 bristle nose ancistrus and a pair of kribs.

 

[Mike Wise]

Yes, the female is ready to breed again. It is time to move the fry to a grow-out tank and reintroduce the male.

 

[Hassles]

ps. The only tank I feel ok about putting her in is a 20 long with 3-4 bristle nose ancistrus and a pair of kribs.

I definitately would not house Apistogramma and Kribensis together.

The dramas with having Apistogramma breed in a tank with ancistrus (bristlenose) is that Apistogramma are very protective of their fry and bristlenose ain't a fish they would want to attack as the Apisto 'could' injure itself. I had a female steindachneri sustain injuries resulting from her harrassment of bristlenose. Just the chances you take!

 

[yzf599rider]

My plan ended up being that the female is in the tank with the ancistrus and kribs. It seemed quicker and more expedient to move the momma for now. Everything I have had spawn in the past has been egg scatterers, although corys are nice and "scatter" their eggs on the aquarium glass where I can retrieve them and hatch them in a more controlled environment. I will set up a grow out tank in the next couple of days and move the fry as I can, then momma can come back to the spawning tank, and then poppa can move back as well for the next round. I moved her last night, and so far she was doing well this morning.

David