fry

[Aussie]

Will may 4 tiger barbs eat may baby convict fry. the parents are doing well at protecting them will they soon eat them or do this for 2 or so weeks.

 

[tstenback]

Yes, tiger barbs will eat anything that is small enough to be food for them and they do love live food.

 

[paulioo]

Just a wee question also regarding fry...

Is it ok to leave fry in the tank knowing that they will get ate, or is this morally wrong?

The way i see it is, it saves you buying live food, and the fish obviously love the taste of their own babies. cruel but true.

So should i feel bad if i just leave the wee fellas in their to be eaten?

 

[gadazobe]

No - don't feel bad - it's the same in the wild - survival of the fittest. It leads to only the strongest fry surviving. I've always let the fry in my tank fend for themselves and, as a result, the fish that manage to survive have turned into the strongest of their kind.

Do you have anywhere in the tank for the fry to hide - placts, decorations etc?

 

[paulioo]

Im still doing the fishless cycle, so dont have any fish yet.
I was just asking for future reference.

Just another quick question. Can you sell fry to local fish shops for money?

 

[tstenback]

Most LFS wont buy fry. You have to raise the fish until they are the size that you would buy them. A lot of LFS wont buy your fish but many will give you store credit or free fish etc. HTH

 

[Doggfather]

lfs are unlikly to buy a fry, and its even less likley that a lfs will buy a brood of convicts!