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- Buffalo NY
I have a pair of Triple Reds that are roughly 16 months old. They have been together for 10 months and have spawned several times.
reading that they are good parents I left male and female with fry the first several times and the numbers of fry dwindled from 25 or so to nothing inside a week.
I tried taking the male out after one spawning...same thing, fry disappeared with mom and no other tank mates in 30 gallon. fry
Most recently they spawned in a 10 gallon, more fry than i have ever seen about 40. it has been 1 week today they have been free swimming. There is noticeably less fry but still about 20 with both parents in the tank.
Are they getting better as parents? . Is there another explanation for this?
Water parameters are the same. Are there any pitfalls to taking the mother and father out of the tank and leaving the fry?
thanks for any help you can offer.
reading that they are good parents I left male and female with fry the first several times and the numbers of fry dwindled from 25 or so to nothing inside a week.
I tried taking the male out after one spawning...same thing, fry disappeared with mom and no other tank mates in 30 gallon. fry
Most recently they spawned in a 10 gallon, more fry than i have ever seen about 40. it has been 1 week today they have been free swimming. There is noticeably less fry but still about 20 with both parents in the tank.
Are they getting better as parents? . Is there another explanation for this?
Water parameters are the same. Are there any pitfalls to taking the mother and father out of the tank and leaving the fry?
thanks for any help you can offer.