Questions on fry.. orange flash

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Hi all. I am new here. I have a 10g with a male and female apisto cac, orange flash. I was away over the weekend. On sunday I noticed wigglers! I was so excited. I have been feeding them bbs with a air tube 4 times a day. Tonight for the last meal I also put in some dry bloodworms for the parents. I saw what might of been the male eating a fry or it could of been a bloodworm. Does the male eat the wigglers?

I was also reading some of the other posts. I didn't know I should take the fry out after 2 weeks. Right now I have 25+. Is it really recommended or can I keep them with the parents? I really don't have the room now but can get another tank next month.

I have 16 tanks: 2~75g, 55g, 2~33L, 30g, 2~29g, 3~ 20L, 3~ 10g and a 5 g. Fancy goldfish, angels, rummy noses, cards, rams, clown plecos, gold nuggets, male only guppy tank, breeding fancy guppies tanks (Red Delta), 5 different kinds of bristlenoses plecos which I also breed, L 333 and L 260. This is my first time breeding apistos so any advise would be welcome!

Beth

 

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Hello Beth,

What you are witnessing is not the male eating the fry, but moving him to a more desireable spot. Chances are, if the fry are still wrigglers or free-swimming, they will wonder off or wiggle off the desired spot and the parent fish will pick up the fry carefully and spit them back into the group. I've never had to worry about parent apistos eating their own fry. If you've gotten past the egg part, then chances are, the parents will not eat them. They will eat eggs if they feel that the brood will not survive due to stressful environment and use the protein to make more eggs (just the female of course). If you observe them carefully, I'm sure the parent-fish spits the fry out back amongst the others. cheers and congrats! John.

 

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Thanks. I have seen the mother move the fry but never the male. I won't worry about that anymore!