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tankie Fish Addict Posts: 857 Kudos: 848 Votes: 230 Registered: 15-Mar-2005	ok..i got the fish from my wporker when she moved out of the country...and now...the jelly bean cichlid gve birth...what should i do with the fry..should i separate it to another tank...or keep it where it is while mom is protecting them??? thx
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
inkodinkomalinko Fish Guru Posts: 2441 Kudos: 833 Registered: 18-Jan-2003	Was there a father? I would leave them with the parents to see what happens. Otherwise, you would have to put the eggs in a container and heavily aerate it. Its really alot easier to leave the eggs with the parents, otherwise it gets alot or time consuming (picking out fungused eggs, etc).
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
tankie Fish Addict Posts: 857 Kudos: 848 Votes: 230 Registered: 15-Mar-2005	the fry r on the moved....they r hatched already...lots of them
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
inkodinkomalinko Fish Guru Posts: 2441 Kudos: 833 Registered: 18-Jan-2003	Congrats! You can either move the fry out now, or leave them with the parents. I dont particularly know how great parents jellybeans are, but moving them to a grow out tank would always yield larger numbers. Keeping them with the parents is a whole lot easier though, but keeping them in another tank gives faster growth rates and a more controlled situation.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
Johnny the Oranda Enthusiast Posts: 237 Kudos: 237 Votes: 82 Registered: 01-Mar-2005	If you can raise them parrots have a high trade in value at shops, as opose to cons or mollies or even angels. Alot are infertile so they are hard to breed.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
tankie Fish Addict Posts: 857 Kudos: 848 Votes: 230 Registered: 15-Mar-2005	i was just obesrving them...earlier today..while the tank is still dark...the parents took the fry out of the cave...i guess for the fry to feed...but as the day goes by...and the tank getw a bit of lighyt...they put it back in the cave...one of the 3 parrots is agrreswsively feeding on the young....the parents r having a hard time chasing it away...just witnessed the demised of one of the fry..when it unfortunately became a fud to one. im considering setting up a net to protect the fry.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
tankie Fish Addict Posts: 857 Kudos: 848 Votes: 230 Registered: 15-Mar-2005	separated the fry in the breeding net...just got half of it...but one of the parrot fish manage to eat all of it by sucking them through the net...and so..now..i only have the ones being guarded by the parents..
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
Lindy Administrator Show me the Shishies! Posts: 1507 Kudos: 1350 Votes: 730 Registered: 25-Apr-2001	Do you have another tank you could put the fry devouring fish? A piece of perspex to divide the tank will do the trick if you dont have a spare tank. Before you criticize someone walk a mile in their shoes. That way you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
tankie Fish Addict Posts: 857 Kudos: 848 Votes: 230 Registered: 15-Mar-2005	too late...even the fry guarded by thier parents r all gone...i shall separate them next time...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
seventh_son_of_ed Hobbyist Posts: 87 Kudos: 77 Votes: 9 Registered: 09-Aug-2004	Man You're a lucky Guy I thought they were infertile. Face up make your stand and realize your living in the golden Years
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
Jason_R_S Moderator Posts: 2811 Kudos: 2421 Votes: 391 Registered: 18-Apr-2001	blood parrot males are usually infertile, though you may run across the occasional fertile male. jellybean parrots are blood parrots crossed with pink convicts and were created to increase the fertility rate. therefore, it's much more common for jelly bean parrots to be fertile.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
HOKESE Mega Fish Posts: 1105 Kudos: 478 Votes: 271 Registered: 22-Feb-2003	i thought that they were great parents,the fish that was takin your fry while the parents were garding them must of been pretty slick.most chiclids are great mums and dads.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
tankie Fish Addict Posts: 857 Kudos: 848 Votes: 230 Registered: 15-Mar-2005	i know...im impressed on the dedication of the parents...a non-stop territorial protection...just so sad, they loss all the fry..next time though..ill have a net to divide the tank for them....to avoid too much stress in the tank...just suffered 2 losses of pandas because of that episode..lesson learned!!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02


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