Breeding convicts

[Phillyb32]

So the convicts Laid eggs, and they hatched, and to my surprise they are still alive and free swimming. I have a tank set up for them, when, how should I make the move?

 

[Surfer]

So the convicts Laid eggs, and they hatched, and to my surprise they are still alive and free swimming. I have a tank set up for them, when, how should I make the move?

You want to remove them from the tank...?

 

[Phillyb32]

They are in a tank with a 5 inch Oscar a 3 inch jack Dempsey, a 6 inch red shark, silver cat fish, upside down cat 2 gars and 2 little African turtles. They jumped the gun on me a little. I have a 30 gal for them.

 

[Surfer]

They are in a tank with a 5 inch Oscar a 3 inch jack Dempsey, a 6 inch red shark, silver cat fish, upside down cat 2 gars and 2 little African turtles. They jumped the gun on me a little. I have a 30 gal for them.

Oh yeah, get them out pretty soon lol. I recommend moving them into a breeder box in your tank until they get a bit larger, then moving them all to the 30 when they're big enough to handle the stress of a tank change.

 

[Phillyb32]

Turkey baster?

 

[cbourg746]

Turkey baster?

Good luck with that.

 

[Justkell]

Turkey baster?

killed my convict fry last Bach this Batch I did my gravel vac and worked ... Good luck

 

[Phillyb32]

Rock vacuum=epic fail scattered all the fry. Wasnt enough suction to actually catch them. Now the "nest" is a mess and all the fry are scattered

 

[Surfer]

Rock vacuum=epic fail scattered all the fry. Wasnt enough suction to actually catch them. Now the "nest" is a mess and all the fry are scattered

Maybe a fine net would give you better results?

 

[Phillyb32]

I'm going to leave them. It looked like the parents took it all in stride. I threw a huge goldfish in there so they were kind of occupied when the vacuum was happening. And it looked like they were swimming around gathering all the littles.

These are the 2 pics I took this morning before the attempt at retrieving them

 

[Surfer]

Well, I guess you can never really doubt their parenting abilities haha.

 

[cbourg746]

Rock vacuum=epic fail scattered all the fry. Wasnt enough suction to actually catch them. Now the "nest" is a mess and all the fry are scattered

Please tell me you started the vac then moved it over the fry.......

 

[Phillyb32]

Please tell me you started the vac then moved it over the fry.......

Yes that is what i did. And you could see the fry at the bottom of the vacuum swimming in the current