NatureGirl
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Last night my two berried females' eggs hatched! Right now about fifteen healthy ghost fry are visible in my ten-gallon tank, on the walls and swimming (more like 'bobbing') in the water column. After I made sure there were no more eggs or fry on the mothers, I caught them and am now acclimating them to my community tank. There's still a docile cherry shrimp in the ten gallon with the fry, and unfortunately there is nowhere else to put her at the moment, because my bettas are RCS murderers. So far, everything seems to be going fine with the fry, but I do have a few questions:
1. Do cherry shrimps actively hunt down fry and eat them? Are my baby ghosties safe?
2. I've read that fry don't need supplemental food in established tanks. My tank has quite a bit of algae and little 'specs' floating around in the water column. Should I still get some infusoria growing for them so they don't starve?
3. How long will the fry stay in their larval stage before turning into miniature adults?
3. How long from miniature adult stage until I can safely introduce them to my community tank? (Houses bettas, ghost shrimp, otocinclus, and amano shrimp)
4. Only a few fry are visible at any given time. How many baby shrimp should I expect from two females?
Thanks for the help!
1. Do cherry shrimps actively hunt down fry and eat them? Are my baby ghosties safe?
2. I've read that fry don't need supplemental food in established tanks. My tank has quite a bit of algae and little 'specs' floating around in the water column. Should I still get some infusoria growing for them so they don't starve?
3. How long will the fry stay in their larval stage before turning into miniature adults?
3. How long from miniature adult stage until I can safely introduce them to my community tank? (Houses bettas, ghost shrimp, otocinclus, and amano shrimp)
4. Only a few fry are visible at any given time. How many baby shrimp should I expect from two females?
Thanks for the help!