Free swimming

[The boring name]

When is a fry considered free swimming? Just stripped a female and they still have pretty big egg sac they have eyes tail fins etc will they be ok without their mom

 

[DiscusKing]

Free swimming is when they have hatched and are swimming around.

 

[The boring name]

There we go my female had her first batch tonight 30 total thanks for the reply now time for the raising of the fry

 

[Andy Sager]

Free swimming is when the fry no longer have a yolk sac and need to be fed. At that point, they should be swimming around. There are some species where the fry swim around with the yolk sac still unabsorbed ( arrawanas come to mind) but you dont need to feed them so they would not be considered "Free Swimming". All livebearer fry come out free swimming. Most cichlids ( especially S.A. ones) who are not mouth brooders will have fry that need to absorb yolk sac before they can swim at all.

Hope this helps

 

[The boring name]

Yea these are mouth brooders munba