Dempsey Fry

[Verminator89]

Now i'm semi-clued up on this matter, but putting it into effect is another thing all together.

My dempseys had eggs about a week ago, and they have since hatched. For three days now they have been consuming their egg sacks and this morning i've woken to find free swimming adventurous little blighters in my tank Now the female currently has 50% of a Rio 180 to herself with the male dempsey, 3 angels, 4 SAE's and 3 Boesemani's on the other side. The SAE's and Boesemani's regularly pass through the gaps to the other side but seem none bothered by the dempsey with fry.

I've decided to remove half of the free swimming fry and placed them in a molly breeder trap for the time being, leaving the other half with the female in the tank. I thought i'd guarantee the survival of some of the fry seeing as though the female decided to keep them about an inch from the base of the divider, which allows fully grown rainbows through so dempsey fry obviously fit through.

The female is looking like she'll happily feed her young she has access to, however i'm aware i have to provide for those in the trap. Any ideas what to do. I'm thinking crushed flake, or crushed cichlid pellets.

Any suggestions or experiences you guys want to share would be wonderfull.

Cheers, James.

P.s - i shall add some photo's when i can get the camera out

 

[star4]

ooooooooooh exciting babies
The best thing I found is tetra prima crushed in a pill crusher, you can get it do almost a powder for really tiny babies, crushed flake after a couple of weeks I found crushed flake messy and too big and it goes bad very quick. I did find a product by Aquadip called cyclops its a frozen food it actually looks like newly hatched brine shrimp & eggs, babies go nuts for it, much easier than tying to get hold of newly hatched brine shrimp. You can also buy brine shrimp eggs. Typical I have a pack and a half left in the freezer

 

[Verminator89]

I just tried crushed cichlid flake, kinda looks like it will be messy haha. Might pop to a shop and get something else later, perhaps.

 

[walkers101]

decapsulated brine shrimp mate get it off ebay cheap as chips and lasts ages its what i used to feed my convict fry

 

[Verminator89]

Is that the same or similar to baby brine shrimp, thats what i tried to get today but one LFS i left and realised after i'd left i'd forgotten to get what i went for. Thats the trouble with browsing Then the second LFS i went to their delivery that day had been messed up and their frozen food was coming tommorow

Wow, that decapsulated brine shrimp stuff looks messy. I can't tell from the pictures on eBay but is it a solid or in a liquid. Looks like a liquid, if so how the heck do you store it once opened?

EDIT: -Epic Fail!

Just realised it says "resealabe bag" haha Fantastic

 

[SBL]

Hikari First Bites is good, used it for my HRPs.

 

[Verminator89]

Slight disaster really. Came home from work just now to find the free swimming fry i left in with the female are apparently all gone. No where to be seen, not a single one. She also seems to be loitering right below the molly trap which has the other 20-30 fry in. I think she may have eaten them, why i do not know.

But i shall continue raising the ones i saved on the basis of this very thing happening. So thank god i did to be honest.

Sorry Lesley

 

[star4]

Shame, sadly though it does seem quite normal, but at least you still have the others

 

[walkers101]

they are in powder form mate

 

[Verminator89]

The ones i bought look like they are actually hole eggs lol. I shall have to check when they arrive monday/tuesday (hopefully) I'm confused now and hoping i've bought the right ones If not i'm sure my main fish will enjoy a nutritious and different treat

 

[walkers101]

just get a little cup add some tank water add a pinch of the dbs swill the cup around pour and rinse cup in the tank

 

[Verminator89]

I shall try that when my package arrives. Hopefully tommorow or tuesday