Hi all,
I have a trio of borelli in a 10 gal, well structured aquarium. Both females spawned at about the same time, and as I have read here on the forum, the females are swapping fry. One seems to be dominant, however, and keeps most of the fry, most of the time.
Meanwhile in another community tank I have another female with free swimmers as of today. There are many cory's and tetras in that community tank though, so I suspect she will lose most of them to predation.
My question is this. . . If I siphon out the newly hatched fry from the community tank and add them to the breeding tank with the other females caring for their own, will they accept those new fry as well? The fry in the breeding tank are about 1 1/2 - 2 weeks old, and the community tank fry, as I said, just appeared yesterday or today. Pending your responses, I might give it a try since I think there is little chance for survival in the community tank.
Thanks in advance,
Pete
I have a trio of borelli in a 10 gal, well structured aquarium. Both females spawned at about the same time, and as I have read here on the forum, the females are swapping fry. One seems to be dominant, however, and keeps most of the fry, most of the time.
Meanwhile in another community tank I have another female with free swimmers as of today. There are many cory's and tetras in that community tank though, so I suspect she will lose most of them to predation.
My question is this. . . If I siphon out the newly hatched fry from the community tank and add them to the breeding tank with the other females caring for their own, will they accept those new fry as well? The fry in the breeding tank are about 1 1/2 - 2 weeks old, and the community tank fry, as I said, just appeared yesterday or today. Pending your responses, I might give it a try since I think there is little chance for survival in the community tank.
Thanks in advance,
Pete