Hello Teresa, It's not surprising for cacatuoides that they bred in the community tank. However i think that Ram's should be removed to the another tank because this fish is may eat the fry. Tac> Hello, my cacatuoides female has shocked and amazed me by breeding in the Tac> community tank and is now leading around free swimming fry. What is your Tac> opinion out there? Should I leave the fry with her? There are the dominant Tac> male cac, another female, four black widow tetras, a German ram, and two SAEs Tac> also in the tank. So far she has managed to keep everybody away from the fry Tac> pretty easily. Also, what do I feed and when? And how? I guess I am off to Tac> the pet store for brine shrimp eggs, I hope I am not too late and unprepared Tac> to raise any of these fry. Thanks in advance Teresa. Tac> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tac> This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. Tac> For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, Tac> email apisto-request@listbox.com. Best regards, Andrei "Apistophyl" Barabanov mailto:utsal@nevsky.net St. Petersburg Russia ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, email apisto-request@listbox.com.