MattG_Sydney Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 (edited) Good morning folks, My ornatipinnis have started breeding. The biggest issue is they seem to eat all their fry after a few weeks. They had a small batch of fry that were about 4 weeks have disappeared after they had a new batch of fry. My question is, what should I do to protect the fry? What others do? Any experience would be greatly appreciated.cheers M Edited March 3, 2023 by MattG_Sydney Edit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucem Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 How are the guys going Matt? I’ve never kept them. But I have a similar situation with occies. They don’t step breed so if want the fry you have to remove them or remove the parents 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 (edited) Hi Matt, I found the same with my lamprologus speciosus. They became very aggressive towards the younger fry and would pick them off one by one to protect the new batch. I ended up removing the fry as soon as I could catch them or trap the parents away from the shell and remove the whole shell. Multi's/Similis can co- exist as one big group. Maybe the ornatipinnis can't. I'd agree with Bruce! Cheers, Jason Edited June 1, 2023 by Jason 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattG_Sydney Posted June 1, 2023 Author Share Posted June 1, 2023 11 hours ago, Jason said: Hi Matt, I found the same with my lamprologus speciosus. They became very aggressive towards the younger fry and would pick them off one by one to protect the new batch. I ended up removing the fry as soon as I could catch them or trap the parents away from the shell and remove the whole shell. Multi's/Similis can co- exist as one big group. Maybe the ornatipinnis can't. I'd agree with Bruce! Cheers, Jason Hi Gents, Thank you for your replies. I have 3 batches now (1st batch only managed to save 4 and the second about 10). 1st lot I removed the fry and the second lot I removed the parents. Third batch is still with the adults. I will remove the adults soon (fry are only about week and half). I find them to be very aggressive towards their own. Even the adults kill each other (in a 3x3 tank) only had 7 of them. Now I have left with 4. Similis are much better ! They are all in the same tank .. I need to off load the first 4 now to make tank space .. I will keep you posted.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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