Eating Fry

[Richard]

I`m planning on setting up a breading tank to cater for most of the species of fish i have both egg laying and livebearer fish

what i am wondering is if there is a species of fish that i could leave in the tank all the time even with new born fry swimming around?

I think i heard somewhere that cory`s are ok but i thought i`d better check before i stick a group of them in a tank with new born fry lol

Richard

 

[Guppylover]

Sorry but most fish eat fry. Unless you get a algae eater that only eats algae, but even that is hard. Let's see here otos are good... sorry not too sure.

 

[bomar666]

try endlers they are Livebearers but donnt eat there fry

 

[EX-AmP]

guppies and endlers dont eat their fry ime. in a 10 gal i have 5 preg females and 20+ fry. when they drop i put them back in the main tank

 

[Cheese Specialist]

You mentioned cories so I presume you are not only thinking livebearers. Catfish like plecs don't and cichlids don't, in fact both activley guard their fry.

 

[Angry_Platy]

All my fish except for the bnoses eat the platy fry .....even the innocent whiteskirt tetras which are SOOO quick when they wanna be

 

[Mo99]

guppies and endlers dont eat their fry ime. in a 10 gal i have 5 preg females and 20+ fry. when they drop i put them back in the main tank

As far as i know, guppies do eat fry, its only after birth or at the time of birth the mother has a high level of hormones which means she doesn't eat anything , in my experiance they eat anything they see, and can catch..Rams tend to protect teir fry

 

[Vip]

Just about all cichlids will die for the young, even attacking humans when putting there hand in the tank.