yiannakis Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 hey all i have a 2fter (tall) i started it out with 4 , 3cm electric yellows 6 months back aurban aquarium picked out 3f 1m which now there older has turned out to be 2f 2m the dominate male which is 6-7cm ish has breed with the largest female which is 5cm ish after 2weeks , i noticed she would look at me dead straight and open her mouth , which revelead the babys so , i stripped her of the babys which are now in a breeder net (6 in total) there about 1cm or smaller in size what i want to know is whats the best thing to do now , ie what do i feed the little guys ? and in general care for them ? , can i put the light on or keep it off ? e.t.c all help much appriciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_H Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Two words crushed flake it is small enough for them to eat and once they are bigger you could get them on New Life Spectrum Growth formula its what many consider the best food for fry i know of people crushing it up even smaller to get the fry eating it sooner as its %50 protein and this stimulates growth hints the name Growth formula. There is a link at the top of the page to the site that distributes this food then click on the link that says spectrum foods if you do not find it go to their website its http://www.tqtf.com.au/ Cheers, Drew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yiannakis Posted September 27, 2008 Author Share Posted September 27, 2008 cheers for the reply i have HBH 8 Veggie flake "super veggie blend" so ill just crush it up with my fingers can i crush up my NLS cichlid formula and give them that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziad Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 You can feed fry nearly anything that is crushed small enough. keep them in the fry saver for as long as possible as the parents will eat them if they are still mouth sized! make sure that the parents can't kill them through the fry saver (sometimes they will suck them through the mesh)... Ideally you will need to have another small tank to grow them up in. If you decide to release them into the tank try and give them lots of rock to hide in and around. I personally found that the first few times my fish had fry I had very low survival rate as one way or another the parents would get to them and kill them... so if they die along the way don't be disheartened as they will have plenty more fry in the future. good luck ziad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yiannakis Posted September 27, 2008 Author Share Posted September 27, 2008 You can feed fry nearly anything that is crushed small enough. keep them in the fry saver for as long as possible as the parents will eat them if they are still mouth sized! make sure that the parents can't kill them through the fry saver (sometimes they will suck them through the mesh)... Ideally you will need to have another small tank to grow them up in. If you decide to release them into the tank try and give them lots of rock to hide in and around. I personally found that the first few times my fish had fry I had very low survival rate as one way or another the parents would get to them and kill them... so if they die along the way don't be disheartened as they will have plenty more fry in the future. good luck ziad haha you spoke to soon i woke up this morning to check them out to find one with half a body left one dead and the other 4 missing ! the parents must of got them ! how often will they breed now ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omniphile Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 haha you spoke to soon i woke up this morning to check them out to find one with half a body left one dead and the other 4 missing ! the parents must of got them ! how often will they breed now ? I'm sorry to hear that. In my limited experience, my EY girl seems to hold about every 5 or 6 weeks approx. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fry_2_buy Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 One thing that could help is to get the larger net breeder, (i use the aqua one brand) and place the smaller version of the net breeder inside but slightly raised. This way, if you place it directly in the middle of the larger net on most of the sides there is a gap (meaning that larger predators cannot suck them out). I had the same problem with some cobue afra's and lost the entire batch of 19 fish, but next time around i used the method above with some newly born electric yellow's and its all good. In terms of food, im giving them some crushed up NLS growth food and the growth results are extremely rapid once their food consumption begins to increase. Also to get the food small enough its best to have something that you can grind the food with i.e. a mortar and pessel. I'll try and get some pics uploaded soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzah Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 get yourself a plastic fry saver. I got this one from Pet Care 2000 it was only $8 and has a built in air driven sponge filter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yiannakis Posted September 28, 2008 Author Share Posted September 28, 2008 i bought a 10gal tank to fit under neath my tank in the cabinet for $20 and got a sponge filter e.t.c what makes them breed often ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcloughlin2 Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Feed them often with good foods. I also find allowing the water quality to drop slightly and then performing a large water change when it is a rainy day adding seachem salts and good food often produce a week full of spawns which usually results in breeding females all having a mouthful of eggs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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