fishinf Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 hi all.. after successfully killing nearly all my white calvus fry no mater what i doi tryed something new ...leave them with the parents ...took forever for them to come out of there shell here is some pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucem Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Your not alone here. I seem to have the more success leaving from with my gold heads than trying to raise them myself. I usually remove them when they get to 1.5 cm.But there is always the risk that my and dad will eat them when they next spawn. The way i thought to get around this was to remove the parents and leave the fry in the tank, but i haven't tried this yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocks Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 The only real success i have had raising 20 or so fry was leaving them with the parents in a 4ft tank male at one end and the fry and female at the other. Not having a great deal of action at the moment. The male has an area he is protecting and chases the females away, had a second male in the tank but the dominant male and female killed him when i was working away.Anyone have any ideas or suggestions.cheersRon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishinf Posted December 27, 2012 Author Share Posted December 27, 2012 Your not alone here. I seem to have the more success leaving from with my gold heads than trying to raise them myself. I usually remove them when they get to 1.5 cm.But there is always the risk that my and dad will eat them when they next spawn. The way i thought to get around this was to remove the parents and leave the fry in the tank, but i haven't tried this yet.yeah im thinking about taking the parents out not to sure yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowie Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 i raise all my calvus and comp fry by removing the fry from the parentsi put them into a fry saver (bought from the fish cave ) with a few adjustments so they can't get through the thick black sponge i get them while they still have egg sacks as my parents eat themi have a survival rate of 99.9% i lost 1 fry out of around 2500 over the last yearand not all from 1 pair i breed sumbu shells, blacks, whites, gold heads, golds, gold face mutundwe and fire finsi have more trouble with leaving them with the parents as by the time they appear there are only around 50 of them where as when i remove them i get up to 180 fry and having them all breeding in harems it means there is always another male hunting the fry.best of luck with the whites mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooder Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 I could never seem to keep my calvus fry alive... but they would never survive in the main tank so? i dont know what to do next lol good luck with yours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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