convicts eggs hatching

[FishFreaks]

well this morning as leaving for work i realized that our convicts eggs are turning into little wigglers! YAY! the female seems to be picking the eggs that hatch and fall, and then she appears to be spitting them out underneath of a plant.. I just know that it looks like she spit an egg out. Most of the eggs are gone now, so are my assumptions correct? If so, when should we remove the fry? I dont want to do it too early, but then again i dont want to do it too late and they are food. Would the fry be okay if we put them into our 15 gallon until they get a bit bigger? there was only about 100 eggs to begin with, so im hoping to keep alive about 5 if possible.

 

[AllusiveLife]

I don't think you want to save the babies, and I also believe if you kept the babies in there, that a lot would survive. If anything I'd let them stay in there, even if they do get eaten, because the parents alone from what I understand are very over protective of their offspring. You'll end up having to flush most of them down the toilet, unless you have a huge pond for them...

 

[digital_run]

Is this there first batch of fry?...If so don't be surprised if this clutch fails...Convicts (most cichlids in general) will fail in their first few attempts at raising fry...My breeding pair took two attempts until they got it right and it's completely natural. I'd leave the fry with them for a few weeks and let them do their job..What else do you have in the tank with them?..Cons are VERY protective parents so i wouldn't worry too much about other fish getting them as Allusivelife mentioned.

Ðigital_run

p.s- you'll have alot more than 5 now that you have them breeding

 

[FishFreaks]

yes this is their first time. theres also a green terror and texas cichlid. and a pleco. they all get along but the green terror doesnt like my texan.