Re: more basic questions about wrigglers

[Frauley/Elson <fraulels@minet.ca>]

John,
I notice with most of my apistos, which I move from the care of the
parents at around 3 weeks, that the fry hit the ground without mother's
signals. I hate to say it, but they behave scared. I think they are
doomed if they move around when separated from the female in the  wild,
and behave to just survive in the absence of the expected stimuli from
the mother.
I raise my fry in messy tanks. The bottoms are covered in a green hair
algae I like to pretend is java moss, and there are always plants. It's
normal for me to see maybe one or two fry in tank when I know there are
fifty. The fish come out in numbers as they age.
You're probably getting that effect.
-Gary

John McCrone wrote:
> 
> Thanks for replies to my previous questions about looking after stripped
> fry. I'm now wondering how many should survive if my care is reasonably
> good? Should 90 percent live or would 30 percent be more typical?
> 
> All the 19 mcmasteri eggs hatched. One wriggler died at four days. The
> others are alive at six days. But only half look that alert and so I am
> not sure how the rest will fare. They all still respond when squirted
> about with a turkey baster. But when left alone, they mostly lie still
> (not constantly wriggling nose down in the substrate as seemed to be the
> case with fry cared for by a parent).
> 
> Cheers


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