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What happened to my fry?

apisto_shores

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I have a 10 gal with my pair of breeding Cacatuoides. Now I had a brood
of fry that where approx. 3-4 weeks old now they are all gone or at least
I don't see them anymore. I never removed the male but he didn't seem
to snack on them, besides the female kept him away. I have a large clump
of java fern attached to a rock and other various plants and 3 clay pots.
What happened to my fry did she eat them to make room for the next batch.
I understand they have a breeding cycle of 3 weeks, but these fry where
about an 1/8 of an inch they seemed that they where around long enough
to hide themselves but I don't see any. This was their first brood. Anyone
have any answers????
 

Seb

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Probably were eaten by the female. I had this too a while back. I had a batch of about 20 fry, few weeks after they first emerged, she kept trying to force them all into one small shell, whilst she raised more fry, eventually, she ate most of the first batch (I saved only 4 of them) and let her new 100 strong shoal of babies out to swin. I think she saw the old batch as a threat and waste of energy, compared to the new one.
 

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