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	How long to leave parents in with wrigglers?
cichlid crazy Hobbyist Posts: 58 Kudos: 37 Registered: 01-Feb-2006	Hi, we've an 8ftx2ftx16" Tangynikan tank which we've had to divide into 3 sections (1x4ft and 2x2ft) because 2 different species have bred. We now have 2 swarms 1 load of Lamprologus Tetracanthus wrigglers in 1 section and in the other section are Juli. Transcriptus Gombi. The rest of the tanks occupents are in the 4ft section - both lots of parents are taking good care of the fry but how long should we leave them in with the fry before removing them to 'grow on' tanks?
Posted 12-May-2006 02:13
Dangerous Dave Hobbyist Posts: 144 Kudos: 179 Votes: 3 Registered: 15-Jul-2002	Hi, I haven't bred the fish that you are talking about, but I have found that as a general rule of thumb, once the fry are free swimming you are able to remove them from the parents. You might want to just leave the parents a couple so that they don't fight, but I'm guessing that you probably want to get your tank sections free, in which case, remove them all. Good luck
Posted 12-May-2006 03:54
Fish Guy Mega Fish Posts: 1091 Kudos: 1254 Votes: 2 Registered: 28-Jan-2004	After a couple of weeks you could take them out. The female would actually take care of them for pretty much ever if the male was gone, but after a while the male wants to breed again so he eats the fry, so dont wait too long. As said before about leaving some in the tank so the parents wont fight, is actually a good idea b/c it takes the female a while to get bavk into breeding condition and if there is no fry the male will tear her up trying to breed again. If you have alots of rock work in there the fry that you leave in there should live or most of them any way.
Posted 12-May-2006 11:49
RockmaninovRachs Hobbyist Posts: 57 Kudos: 39 Votes: 39 Registered: 05-Mar-2006	I've heard that shellies can have different generations of fry in the same tank and that the older will actually help take care of the younger.
Posted 12-May-2006 15:29
cichlid crazy Hobbyist Posts: 58 Kudos: 37 Registered: 01-Feb-2006	Thanks for the info, I've done a bit of research and found out the Juli. Gombi's are good parents and can breed over a few weeks and have fry of different ages as a large family - I think we'll move the lot into a tank of their own. As for the L.Tetracanthus we have decided to move the fry out in a week and are keeping a close eye on Dad in case he starts anything - normally its our female that's the more aggressive of the 2 - he's well under the thumb (or should I say fin)
Posted 13-May-2006 23:24
Fish Guy Mega Fish Posts: 1091 Kudos: 1254 Votes: 2 Registered: 28-Jan-2004	Brichardi are another species of cichlid that practices the same brood care. The older fry taking care of the younger fry.
Posted 14-May-2006 04:52
cichlid crazy Hobbyist Posts: 58 Kudos: 37 Registered: 01-Feb-2006	Yes the L.Brichardi do have the same type of family but they are nippers - we have 22 that we've raised from fry that are in the other end of the tank so we're keeping a close eye on them as everything is vying for the limited space they now have.
Posted 15-May-2006 01:49


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