Hi!!
(a brief history)....I had a BEAUTIFUL pair of pelvicachromis Taeniatus, Nigeria Red. They were F1s, i got them at an auction. 2 months after i bought them, i recognized spawning behavior. A week later, 70 + fry were swarmimg in a cloud under the female. It was Dec. 8th 2001 they were born. On Dec. 20th, the parents were sick. On the bottom with thir noses up, but still alive. The fry, not knowing what exactly to do stayed in their coconut shell. I added Intensive Care, checked ammonia, nitrite, ph etc. All perfect. Both parents died the next day. I then figured that they died from shock. The male wanted to spawn, and the female didn't, so they ate the eggs, while they still had fry. I sprinkled fry food in the water, but the fry wouldn't come out. they would starve if i didn't do something, so I got another female from my 40 gallon, and risked putting the widow in there, she'd either eat the fry, or adopt them. As my luck would go, she adopted them, and the fry came out of their shell . The next month, i removed the female. The next month (march) I realized their growth was not right. I moved 24 to my 40 gallon, and the rest are still in their birth tank.
QUESTIONS:
1: As of April 13, they are half an inch long. are they all permanantly stunted??
2: Should i move the rest to the 40 gallon??
3: What can i do to make them grow faster?
thanks,
T.
(a brief history)....I had a BEAUTIFUL pair of pelvicachromis Taeniatus, Nigeria Red. They were F1s, i got them at an auction. 2 months after i bought them, i recognized spawning behavior. A week later, 70 + fry were swarmimg in a cloud under the female. It was Dec. 8th 2001 they were born. On Dec. 20th, the parents were sick. On the bottom with thir noses up, but still alive. The fry, not knowing what exactly to do stayed in their coconut shell. I added Intensive Care, checked ammonia, nitrite, ph etc. All perfect. Both parents died the next day. I then figured that they died from shock. The male wanted to spawn, and the female didn't, so they ate the eggs, while they still had fry. I sprinkled fry food in the water, but the fry wouldn't come out. they would starve if i didn't do something, so I got another female from my 40 gallon, and risked putting the widow in there, she'd either eat the fry, or adopt them. As my luck would go, she adopted them, and the fry came out of their shell . The next month, i removed the female. The next month (march) I realized their growth was not right. I moved 24 to my 40 gallon, and the rest are still in their birth tank.
QUESTIONS:
1: As of April 13, they are half an inch long. are they all permanantly stunted??
2: Should i move the rest to the 40 gallon??
3: What can i do to make them grow faster?
thanks,
T.