allentwnguy
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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 coming from 5 ph water. The out look wasn't good.
Now it gets sad and interesting. I treated with ParaGuard to ward off fungus. It developed. One female fired up into breeding dress. She was the first to die. I moved the 3 that looked the worse to continue treating leaving the male in the tank. Yesterday there were about 50 fry in the tank with the male! And the male had lightened up pretty much looking like a female without the vibrant yellow, I actually thought it was a female at first. The fry were following him and I saw him take one in his mouth and spit it out near the group. But he did swim away a lot and the fry did split into 2 groups possibly 3 and he didn't have the females doting care .
So here's the question to more experienced breeders.... Leave the father (I think) in the tank, well fed, as long as he doesn't snack. Or pull him out and put him with his "friend" in the second 10gal and raise the fry without a mother? The tank the fry are in has a lot of decor (sand bottom, driftwood, plants, leaves, seed pods etc). They are interested in First Bites food and live bbs (I hate daily for other fry and nanos). I really don't want to lose these guys after the shipment of such poor condition fish.
Now it gets sad and interesting. I treated with ParaGuard to ward off fungus. It developed. One female fired up into breeding dress. She was the first to die. I moved the 3 that looked the worse to continue treating leaving the male in the tank. Yesterday there were about 50 fry in the tank with the male! And the male had lightened up pretty much looking like a female without the vibrant yellow, I actually thought it was a female at first. The fry were following him and I saw him take one in his mouth and spit it out near the group. But he did swim away a lot and the fry did split into 2 groups possibly 3 and he didn't have the females doting care .
So here's the question to more experienced breeders.... Leave the father (I think) in the tank, well fed, as long as he doesn't snack. Or pull him out and put him with his "friend" in the second 10gal and raise the fry without a mother? The tank the fry are in has a lot of decor (sand bottom, driftwood, plants, leaves, seed pods etc). They are interested in First Bites food and live bbs (I hate daily for other fry and nanos). I really don't want to lose these guys after the shipment of such poor condition fish.