Fry in my 125g tank

[DvanK]

My apistos are breeding in my 125 planted tank every two months or so. Is it too risky to move the fry to another tank? Water chemistry in my other tank is probably way different than in my display tank.

Here are few pics of my mother with fry.

And here is my 125 tank

 

[Neptune's Neighborhood]

I usually fill a container with the current tank water and use airline tubing to siphon the fry into the container and then acclimate them to those conditions. I always have to double check the pH is similar in both tanks because that is the biggest risk for me offing an entire spawn.

Do you have a hospital or an extra 10 or 20? You could just siphon display water into it and then transfer the fry and do partial water changes until it's near the same conditions of the other tank.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

My apistos are breeding in my 125 planted tank every two months or so.

Lovely tank, are the other inhabitants eating the fry? If they aren't, and you don't mind too much about not getting a huge number, some should survive in there.

My suspicion would be that once they've hatched, and are free swimming, they are going to be difficult to syphon out.

Once or twice I've removed the mother and cave successfully before the eggs hatch, and she hasn't abandoned them.

cheers Darrel

 

[lurch1000]

Congratulations on the fry - and the tank! That is stunning!

 

[DvanK]

Congratulations on the fry - and the tank! That is stunning!

Thanks

Hi all,
Lovely tank, are the other inhabitants eating the fry? If they aren't, and you don't mind too much about not getting a huge number, some should survive in there.

My suspicion would be that once they've hatched, and are free swimming, they are going to be difficult to syphon out.

Once or twice I've removed the mother and cave successfully before the eggs hatch, and she hasn't abandoned them.

cheers Darrel

Fry are all gone I have bunch of tetras, espei rasboras, black crescent molly -offsprings supposed to be food source for apistos, 3 inkas, 5 other apistos, bunch of khuli loaches, pleco, 3 Corydoras so yeah plenty of mouths to feed.

Female and the most dominant male have been put in 30g breeder tank. Hopefully next month or so I'll get a new batch to work with.

Thanks

 

[Mike Wise]

No, I won't say it ..., no, I won't say it. You should have more luck in a tank devoted to breeding. Best of luck.

 

[Josh]

Beautiful tank and congrats on the fry! Good luck with them!

 

[DvanK]

Thanks Again Looks like I have eggs already!

 

[DvanK]

I took two quick shots while female was chasing bbs around.

 

[Apistomaster]

Remove the eggs and spawning substrate to a small tank filled with water from the main tank. This assures some fry to be future replacements.When presented with this opportunity to raise a brood artificially you have everything to gain by trying.

 

[DvanK]

Eggs were eaten two days later so I didn't get a shot to move them to another tank. Let see if I can get them to spawn again.