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Posted by George Pontis on April 10, 2005, 10:21 pm
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> Most brooding mothers don't hide out in the open. The flashlight scoop
> method only works when there's not a lot of tank decor. If you use a clear
> plastic container, or even a freezer storage bag to scoop fish, sometimes
> it's easier to catch them. They don't realize they're swimming into a bag
> because it's clear. This prevents the spitting in the net. Congregating fry?
> Saftey in numbers. If the mother isn't eating or harming the fry, you can
> leave her in their about a week so she gets her strength back. The only
> problem is, you won't know if she's bothering the fry until after she's
> eaten them all. =-)
> Tim
> www.fishaholics.org
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This must be a case of nature prevailing in spite of human intervention. I put
some medium (Hikari cichlid gold mini-pellet) and large (New-Life Spectrum)
pellets in the fry tank and the mother ate it all. The next day I moved her back
to the original tank and she seems to be as lively as ever. The other fish are
not
picking on her or interfering with her feeding.
The little ones have been eating some Hikari freeze-dried frozen brine shrimp
that
I crumbled between my fingers. They seem to be willing to go 3-4 inches from the
gravel to grab a bite as the crumbs slowly sink. I can't believe how much life
there is in that fry tank. Under good conditions, how many of these fish would
one
expect to live ?
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> Most brooding mothers don't hide out in the open. The flashlight scoop
> method only works when there's not a lot of tank decor. If you use a clear
> plastic container, or even a freezer storage bag to scoop fish, sometimes
> it's easier to catch them. They don't realize they're swimming into a bag
> because it's clear. This prevents the spitting in the net. Congregating fry?
> Saftey in numbers. If the mother isn't eating or harming the fry, you can
> leave her in their about a week so she gets her strength back. The only
> problem is, you won't know if she's bothering the fry until after she's
> eaten them all. =-)
> Tim
> www.fishaholics.org
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