Tank size

[zapa0528]

Hello ,

Like I said before I got lots of Apistogramma cacatuoides fry in a small just 60 l tank that was not supposed to be a breeding tank. The fry is now 3 weeks old and doing fine.

My question is can I keep it with the parents? For how long? It’s just impossible to get it out of the tank because of all the drift wood

 

[Apistoguy52]

Kinda depends on the temperament of the parents… I’ve had fish that were totally fine with 3-4 generations of fry with them, and others that would clear the table before every spawn.

Trying to catch fry sucks. I’ve always preferred to move the pair to a new tank, and wait till the kids were large enough to be easy to catch

 

[zapa0528]

Kinda depends on the temperament of the parents… I’ve had fish that were totally fine with 3-4 generations of fry with them, and others that would clear the table before every spawn.

Trying to catch fry sucks. I’ve always preferred to move the pair to a new tank, and wait till the kids were large enough to be easy to catch

Parents are really nice and they both take a good care of fry up til now. But my only concern is the tank size. It’s only 60 liters and I don’t think it’ll be enough space for all of them

 

[Mike Wise]

Only 1 fry? I see no problem until one of the parent discovers it is a competitor, sexually. Then you probably will have a problem.