raven Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 I had a pair of discus spawn about 8 days ago, at the moment the fry are feeding of the side of the male. I had to remove the female as she was getting frisky and wantiing to lay again. She wanted to eat the fry while the male was happy to protect them, so out of care for the parents i seperated them as they were fighting. Now the problem i have is, i'm off to Auckland for 4 days from tomorrow. Is the father going to be alright caring for around 40-50 fry by himself as this is normally shared between both parents i really dont want to come home to find his sides stripped due to over feeding, or should i reintorduce the mother and let nature take its corse? any advice is better than where i sit at the moment Thanks in advance. Oh yeah Tank if 4 foot with sand for a base, a few plants, 1 x male discus, 40 fry and a female BN for clean up. Father is an established breeder and mother has raised fry untill they were about 15 days old. (this wasn't a planned spawning) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim r Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 He should be fine on his own. Feed him up before you go,I would NOT reintroduce female especially if she wants to spawn again. I tried that once many moons ago and even though they were bigger than a 2 dollar coin they got eaten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollergirl Posted September 12, 2007 Report Share Posted September 12, 2007 even though they were bigger than a 2 dollar coin they got eaten. Crikey ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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