Re: those cute little muppets

["Helen Burns" <helen.burns@bigwig.net>]

Altispinosa fry are able to eat newlly hatched bs straight away, microworms
being smaller than bs would cause no problems for the fry to eat.  Your tank
is a heavily planted mature tank so there are plenty of 'nasties' in the
tank for the fry to eat.  I would be inclined to leave things as they are at
the moment, undue disturbance trying to net the neons could do more harm
than good.
Helen


>My Microgeophagus altaspinosa f1 have now produced a brood of at least 50
>healthy little free-swimming fry.  I have microworms, but I don't know if
>they are too big for them at this stage.  They were spawned at the
beginning
>of last week, so are 7 days old now.
>
>As per Mike Wise's recommendations I did try to remove the 6 neon tetras in
>the tank last week when I noticed that there were wrigglers.  But I was
>unable to do so without some help from my cousin who was at work at the
>time.  So, I've got 6 neons all in a tight pack cowering in the top of the
>tank.  I may try again later, but there are lily pads and banana plant lily
>pads and all sorts of major green stuff in the tank.  I'm concerned that
>trying to net these fish will turn the tank into a disaster area.
>
>Also, I'm afraid I'll upset the parents and they'll eat the babies.
>
>Anyone got any good ideas?  I was thinking of waiting until they are
>"asleep", turn on the light and grab them while they are too stunned to
move
>fast. They certainly do swim very quickly.
>
>G. Kadar




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