[Uncle99]

Successfully rearing fry through the stages is out of scope for many hobbists, so take pride in what you have learned, trial and error is great learning.

Egg deposits will likely increase, keep them with the parents until eyes go silver, then transfer to safe tank, provide some very gentle aeration with an air stone, start adding Rotifers same time, water should look a bit cloudy.


This every couple of weeks egg thing will go on for some time, then stop for a period, then restart.

Our tanks are simple 10g glass, sterile, nothing in them at all except an HOB filter, which is stopped when eyes go silver. We separate the top (70%) with a piece of plastic which has hundreds of small 1cm holes. The tank is also painted black, except front, and a one inch square on the side so a small flashlight can shine through. The parents and eggs stay here until hatch at night, then the fry instinctively run through the holes towards the light, separating them automatically from the parents.

One of the main reasons we use a tank with a separation as discussed above is so we never have to move the nest, rather, we move the parents after hatch, the fry when born are super delicate and any handling will easily damage them.

In addition, because our small flashlight turns on after lights out, we never have to wait up, the eggs hatch, the fry run through the separation wall towards the light and in the morning, we find all the fry.

We simply remove the parents ( to another breeding rank) remove the separation wall, and start the rotifer drip for 7-10 days, then start the transfer to pulverized flake.

There's no question in my mind that parents care, up to hatching, is the best care and IMO, difficult to mimick.

Have fun!