Tons of convict fry!!!

[em_witt]

O I got a few cons a few weeks ago and just now I realized there were some fry then i looked closer and there's a ton!!
What do I do w/ all of them and what do I feed them??? I ordered some brine shrimp eggs yesterday...
Pic...

 

[em_witt]

SO I got a few cons a few weeks ago and just now I realized there were some fry then i looked closer and there's a ton!!
What do I do w/ all of them and what do I feed them??? I ordered some brine shrimp eggs yesterday...
Pic...

 

[em_witt]

Sorry for the double!!

 

[CraigMac]

Congrats! I bought a baby fish food at the store called "first bites" but all you have to do is crush some flake food and they should eat that.

 

[em_witt]

Did that and I think their still too small

 

[Ralphie126]

I just got rid of my convicts today, i had a breeding pair full grown. They were producing 300 fry every month or two!!! Good luck, i fed them crushed flakes

 

[em_witt]

Ok I'll keep trying...
How long do they keep there egg sacks??

 

[Ralphie126]

The sacks stay on for 2 or 3 days then are gone

 

[em_witt]

How old do u think my baby cons r??

 

[Ralphie126]

Its hard to say by the pic but it looks like they are swimming around so probably 3 to 6 days

 

[Ralphie126]

They really breed like bunnies.......... like i said, i gave mine up today cause there were just so many. But i kept some fry from a while ago and have those. I have about 20 that are .5 inches with stripes already. Im gonna let those grow up, sell some but keep a pair to breed

 

[em_witt]

They really breed like bunnies.......... like i said, i gave mine up today cause there were just so many. But i kept some fry from a while ago and have those. I have about 20 that are .5 inches with stripes already. Im gonna let those grow up, sell some but keep a pair to breed

I kno they breed like bunnies! What is the easiest way to get rid of the fry? Or when they get bigger can u sell them?

 

[Ralphie126]

It will take a while for them to grow big enough to really be sold to people. Or you could let the other fish in the tank eat them as feeders

 

[em_witt]

It will take a while for them to grow big enough to really be sold to people. Or you could let the other fish in the tank eat them as feeders

How can I do that w/out the other fish getting ripped up by the parents?

 

[Hannibal the Bichir]

And mine disappeared after two weeks.

 

[em_witt]

My parent cons won't let ANY other fish near them!!

 

[Hannibal the Bichir]

To save the fry you cold put the female in a separate tank, then after giving birth. Take her out and into your main tank.

 

[Ralphie126]

if you want the other fish to eat them as feeder, take the parents out for 5 mins and they eat them all

 

[em_witt]

How big do u guys think they will have to b sell the fry to the lfs? How long will that be?

 

[Hannibal the Bichir]

Well, my parents ate my fry. My lfs said 1-2inches and it took mine about a month to reach 3/4 to 1in then they died.