Double spawn

[VITS]

I have gone to my fish this arvo and found something interesting to me.

My trifasciata have spawned again and she is now looking after 2 lots of fry, one lot almost 4 weeks old and one lots week I just found them. She is not trying to kill them or chase them away but instead watching both lots contently.

Am I being lucky with this or should I separate the older babies?

Only thing is I feel that I am not going to have many of the second batch left if I try catch them older ones as she could get stressed and eat the little ones.

 

[Mike Wise]

When this happens to me I usually let the female keep both broods. I will try to collect the larger fry is the are not mixed with the younger. If large enough, the older fry usually eat most of the younger. This is just the way it is.