Hi my convict pair recently had their second batch of fry and the female would nit let the male see them so he went crazy and started eatin em it happeend last time too so iw a sgonna let it haoppen but i never saw it last time but this time iw as watchin so i had to save soem with a turkey aster the convicts were fighting like no fish ive ever seen the femael even jumped at my face when i tried to save a few babies and the male bit me and they wer ein a lilop and i got 30 abies that r still on their yolk sak the rest r eatin but i have tem in a big jar and i want to knoe if it is possile i know if it is itll be hard btu how can i feed them and take care of em until they r big enough to go in my other tank.
Help convit cichlid babies!?
what the hell are you on about?
Reply:lol, thats the biggest run on "sentence" I have ever seen.
Cichlids are very defensive of their fry. I once had one bite me and draw blood when I was cleaning the tank!
You can get a fry net to put in the tank. It will keep the fry safe and away from the parents
Dont keep them in a jar, they will not survive.
Reply:Thats the trouble with convict cichlids, just add water and they breed. All cichlids can be very aggressive when protecting their fry and sometimes the causalties are the fry themselves. Using a fine net, get as many of the fry out of the tank and put in a smaller tank with a heater and small sponge filter and water from the main tank. They will not survive in the jar. Feed them finely crushed flake food and when the yoke sack is gone start with baby brine shrimp. Keep the water conditions very stable and clean.
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