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    Ever have one make it?

    I noticed this morning in my tank a couple fry in a large rock pile.  This tank is 135 gal and has about 23 Africans Mbuna and Peacocks in it(i know people say they dont play well, but I am having good luck so far by keeping a lot of rock and roots in there).  I was just wondering if anyone has ever had a fry make it in that type of enviorment?  I thought about trying to catch them but as soon as I start moving the rock I know one of the fish would hammer them.  Also if you have had luck with this, what is the best way to get food to them?

    Thanks as always - Dan
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    Re: Ever have one make it?

    Dan,

    I have fry in my community tank (granted only a 58g) but so far about 10-15 fry have survived in there for the last few weeks.  Granted Mom and Dad are still vigilant about keeping them safe but I dont think this will last forever.

    I too, am going to have a problem soon on my hands but there isnt really anything I can do about it.

    Can you get a divider down there and attempt to split the tank in two and then slowly get all the adults over to one side and once you have accomplished this then tackle removing the young ?

    What fish do Jesper have
    180 WC T. Moorii Chilambo +1 Petro trewavasae.
    110     Cyps, WC Xeno Spilopterus Kipili WC/F1/F2 T. sp red Kiku
    58 S. Decorus
    "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." -Margaret Thatcher

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    • #3
      Re: Ever have one make it?

      Tropheus are somewhat the same way and in my opinion.....survival of the fittest!
      700g Mini-Monster tank

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      • #4
        Re: Ever have one make it?

        I can't divide it very easy.  Guess I will see who is the baddest of the bad.  There are a ton of spots they can hide, just hope to get some food down in there.

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        • #5
          Re: Ever have one make it?

          Unless you have a rip current through your tank its not hard to get food down to the young.  I use a syringe to feed mine with.  I crush up flake food to small bits and then add 5-10ml of water to the cup I crushed the flakes in, suck them up with the syringe and eject it over the area the young are.  The flakes with the downward force will hit bottom and areas where they hide and they can quickly get their stomachs filled.  I have done this successfully now for more than a month in feeding them in the community tank.

          What fish do Jesper have
          180 WC T. Moorii Chilambo +1 Petro trewavasae.
          110           Cyps, WC Xeno Spilopterus Kipili WC/F1/F2 T. sp red Kiku
          58 S. Decorus
          "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." -Margaret Thatcher

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          • #6
            Re: Ever have one make it?

            In my tropheus tank I have giant piles of Holey rock and what I did when I started getting fry was getting smaller baseball size holey rock that had tons of tiny holes in it to pile up against the larger THR so that the fry can hide in them.

            I have my lights on for about 9hrs a day so the algae growth is nice in my tank and since trophs are algae grazers (aren't mbuna vegans? or was that malawi's?) there is ample amount of food for the fry. Also there are scraps of food that make it to the bottom for the fry and they have become a bit more aggressive when it comes to feeding time, darting in and out of the holey rock to snatch pellets.
            700g Mini-Monster tank

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            • #7
              Re: Ever have one make it?

              Thanks for the suggestions.  i think that will work to get the food down in the rocks.  I also have a venustus, that is my main worry for the hunt, but the parents seem to be doing a good job of protecting for now.

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              • #8
                Re: Ever have one make it?

                You would be surprised.  I have a pair of Rusties that have bred once or twice and I have a few of them that have made it.  As long as they have a place to stay fairly secure like in between rocks that the larger fish can't get to them, you will probably be ok.  Getting food to them isn't really that big of an issue because they will dart out and feed on crumbs when the big fish are at the top feeding.  Atleast that's how mine made it.

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