Re: Maybe not so strange

[IDMiamiBob@aol.com]

<<             I need help this time understanding what's wrong with my
 Borellii female.
 This is the first time I raise fry in the same tank living the offsprings
 with the female.
 I noticed a good growth rate but I think problems are now coming up.
 The eggs hatched 26 days ago and now the fry are getting bigger really fast
 but the problems is the female. She stopped her parental care 10 days ago
 and layed new eggs 5 days ago. The eggs died because I took out the male
 several days before because it was dangerous for the fry. The female didn't
 care about the eggs and she seems to be newly interested in her 22 days fry
 but now she is acting very strange towards them, she doesn't seem to want
 to eat or fight the fry but she scared them swimming towards them very
 rapidly. I'm thinking that maybe she is starting defending her territory
 also against this little fishes.Maybe this behaviour its not so strange I
 was waiting for this to happen but I didn't think so soon.
 
 Now the big problem is taking them out of this tank the fry are little,
 fast, and too many for  me I need a good system to take them out. I cannot
 siphon them out because they are fast enough to swim away from the plastic
 tube. The tank in wich they are its also heavily planted, so it's really a
 big deal.
 
 What do you think? 

Simone,
    Once the female is ready to spawn again, she will leave her fry and
spawn.  One interesting thing I discovered is that once the female has
spawned the first time, she does not always wait for a male to join her.  She
will defend the territory around these new eggs as though they were viable.
 But in a couple of days, they will turn white, and she will eat them.
    The 23 day old fry are in danger at this point.  If you have another tank
suitable for the female, I would recommend moving her, as she is easier to
catch.  Otherwise, you may have to take out the plants to make catching the
fry possible.  At 22 days, they should be able to take handling with a net.
 A brine shrimp net may be safer, ad there are pores, but no holes.  You
might try 2 nets, using one net to chase the little guys into the other net.

Bob Dixon