Dwarf flag acara breeding

[EmmaS]

Looking for some advice. My dwarf flag acara has laid some eggs however I’ve just recently got rid of my other tanks so can’t seperate them. They’re all in a community tank and so far the parents have been good at protecting the eggs from the other fish but assuming the eggs hatch and turn into fish, in terms of keeping a few of them alive would it work putting the babies in a breeding net until they got a bit bigger?

[Caryl]

The parents won't eat the fry but other fish will. A breeding net might work but, if you have a well planted aquarium with bushy plants, a few might survive without help. A lot of surface plant with trailing root systems is ideal, like Indian fern, water sprite.