Cutteri Have Spawned... Again!

[pirate monkey]

Hi everyone,

great news - our cutteri have spawned. I guess that's not really news as it's probably the 10th time BUT I took them out of our cichlid tanks and they are in their own tank now Have moved most of the tetra and corys into a spare tank in the kitchen

Previously all the little fry had been snacks for the tank mates, so decided we'd like to raise a batch at least once. They hatched at the weekend, and mum & dad are doing a lovely job of keeping them all together.

Only tank mates are 5 USDs, an L128 and one black neon that kept evading the net little so and so... Oh and 3 amano shrimps.

Have been feeding them freeze dried brine shrimp as its the only thing I have that's tiny.

Since this is the first lot of fry I am trying to keep, what the hell do I need to do?!!

What should I be feeding, how often should I do water changes and how much? Do I need to cover the filter intake with something?

Any advice welcome, thanks

Will get some pics up soon

 

[Ludwig Venter]

Chances are good that you could raise a few as the parents are vigourous when protecting.... You'll get away by feeding ordinary fish foods (crushed) & not go the "expensive" way of feeding frozen brine..... It is advisable that you do cover the filter inlet with cutoff silk stocking....

 

[pirate monkey]

Thanks Ludwig,

the freeze dried brine shrimp is a pot I had anyway - you don't need to feed much even to the cichlid tank, a little goes a long way - so no worries about it being expensive

Crushed flake is no problem. I just wanted to check it was nutritional enough, I keep hearing about people feeding freshly hatched brine shrimp.

Does the stocking have to be silk? I have a juwel internal filter, any ideas how I could cover the inlet properly?