First time raising fry

I’m having a go a raising electric blue acara fry, my pair been breeding for a while and iv always left them to it but this time I’m pinching half of them lol , so far I have around 50-100 of them in a 4 litre bottle floating in my tank with an air pum and air stone just in the bottle , I hve left the rest with mom and dad as they do try bless them and they had a large batch of eggs so they won’t even miss the ones iv taken , any advice on the next step ? I’m buying a 50 litre toy tub tomorrow and hve a small heater I can use my plan is to grow them to a size they won’t be eaten in t he main tank and sell them , how long b egg ore they are roughly 1 inch

All cichlid fry should be reared by their parents so the babies know how to look after their young when they grow up and breed. Artificially rearing cichlid fry produces adult fish that regularly eat the eggs and young.

Colin_T said:

All cichlid fry should be reared by their parents so the babies know how to look after their young when they grow up and breed. Artificially rearing cichlid fry produces adult fish that regularly eat the eggs and young.

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The parents have eaten all over there fry so far they breed often and defend the eggs ruthlessly but soon as they become free swimming they eat them all lol protecting there dinner I guess

That is common in artificially reared fish that weren't looked after by their parents. If it continues after about 5 or 6 batches, then separate the pair and try them with different partners. Sometimes it is one fish that eats them and swapping partners can fix that.

Colin_T said:

That is common in artificially reared fish that weren't looked after by their parents. If it continues after about 5 or 6 batches, then separate the pair and try them with different partners. Sometimes it is one fish that eats them and swapping partners can fix that.

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I have read they are monogamous, if I split them would they eventually pair off with a different partner or can a fish be genuinely monogamous

Most cichlids will swap partners if they don't get along or if one fish dies. The best way to get a pair of fish is to put a group of them together and let them choose their own mates.

I am raising some african electric yellow babies at the moment. And will see how they turn out as parents. @Colin_T is largely right with what he is saying tho. I brought these home away from a community tank, they are doing great. See them on " First algae disc for my cichlids". The first two weeks are tricky after that they will be fine.

My little guys are over an inch now. I have had them about a month