Re: fry eating mcmasteri

[Kathy Olson <kathy@thekrib.com>]

John,

I agree with Helen, first try getting rid of the cardinals, I have had
those guys snatch up fry.

Kathy

On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Helen Burns wrote:

> John,
> Sorry you are having this problem as I found that McMasteri to be excellent
> parents.  Capable of rearing three broods in the tank at the same time
> without problems from either male or female, perhaps I have been lucky.  I
> read with great interest your posting and it is the last sentence that
> bothers me >They have eight baby cardinals for dithers<  Oh dear, I'd get
> those out of the tank even although you say they are babies!  No doubt
> others on the list will advice you differently.
> Helen
> 
> > Any advice on how to deal with a mcmasteri pair in which the female (I'm
> > presuming) eats the new fry?
> >
> > I've had this pair for about 18 months and both are large, healthy, happy
> > looking fish. They spawn very regularly - about every three weeks. The
> eggs
> > appear to develop all right and then start to hatch. The female seems to
> be
> > collecting the fry in a depression inside the brood chamber. Then next
> time
> > I look, nothing. I have never noticed the male swooping in - he seems a
> > gentle sort on the whole. But one or other must be taking them.
> >
> > I've left them to it hoping eventually they would start to raise fry but
> am
> > now wondering whether to experiment with removing male or both. Question
> is
> > whether to   go for removing both? Or is it likely just to be the male
> that
> > is the problem? And if I take out both, should I leave it until just
> before
> > the eggs hatch or will it make no difference? Finally, if I put the female
> > back in after the fry are swimming about, would they inevitably get
> snapped
> > up or might she then adopt them?
> >
> > Other details: The pair were spawning in a community tank. Thinking it
> might
> > be the presence of too many other fish that were causing the problem, I
> have
> > had them in their own 15 gallon tank for past two spawns. Tank is well
> > planted and furnished. They have eight baby cardinals for dithers, temp is
> > 28 degrees C, pH is 6.5, water is RO and very soft.
> > from John McCrone - Science Writer
> 
> 
> 
> 
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