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hongsloi- removal of fry or not

bigbird

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Morning all,
Need your thougths please. I have my 30G Apisto Hongsloi tank, no dithers as they were removed once fry were free swimming, so I only have the mum and dad with approx 20fry of .5cm swimming around. I must say the parental care of this pair is wonderful to watch. My query is now this. The mum is starting to nest again and leave the young fry on their own. So far she has tolerated them as has the father, however with new eggs on the way ( which I presume from their behaviour) do I remove the fry or leave them fend for themselves, as I stated there are no other fish in the tank? any help would be great.
cheers jk :biggrin:
 

Mike Wise

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There is a good chance that the older fry will be attacked if the female has new fry. If not, there is a good chance that the older fry will eat the new fry. Seems like it would be best to remove the fry. Next time, why not remove the male right away. Then the female will not breed and take care of the fry for a longer time. I try to keep my fry with the female for at least 4-6 weeks.
 

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