Fairy Cichlid (brichardi)

[woody1k]

hi,

I have a Brichardi setup and what can i say such a wonderful fish , at the moment i do have a breeding pair that have only just started breeding the past few months , i have seperated the first batch of fry of aroung 60+ now just over a month old and all doing extreamly well indeed . she has dropped eggs in the past few days containing close to 150 but the next day they were all gone 3 days on and still no sign of any fry not sure if they were eaten . i did leave 10 of the older 1 month old fry with the parents and im wondering if they were the answer to the eggs going missing , only thinking that way because i did catch one of the 1 month old babys taking a egg and looked like it was trying to eat it not sure if thats the case or not.

If anyone knows any useful information on these fish and the way they behave that could possibly answer this mystery pls let me know. ty

 

[Bebobb]

hi,

I have a Brichardi setup and what can i say such a wonderful fish , at the moment i do have a breeding pair that have only just started breeding the past few months , i have seperated the first batch of fry of aroung 60+ now just over a month old and all doing extreamly well indeed . she has dropped eggs in the past few days containing close to 150 but the next day they were all gone 3 days on and still no sign of any fry not sure if they were eaten . i did leave 10 of the older 1 month old fry with the parents and im wondering if they were the answer to the eggs going missing , only thinking that way because i did catch one of the 1 month old babys taking a egg and looked like it was trying to eat it not sure if thats the case or not.

If anyone knows any useful information on these fish and the way they behave that could possibly answer this mystery pls let me know. ty

Congratulations on your proven pair! I can't wait to setup my 16 gallon with 5 multies, but for an answer to your question, I have read places where the multies will eat their eggs. The person said that he had no idea why the eggs were eaten. I think that either the parents ate them, or the babies ate them. I'm not much help here. I'm not familar with this breed, moe witht he multies.

 

[dthoffsett]

Brichardi aren't known to eat their own eggs, and I don't think the fry would be a problem as older fry will help care for younger fry. My guess would be that either the eggs weren't fertilized or the parents didn't feel it was safe for the fry. Have you changed the tank around recently?

 

[kribensis12]

Don't remove the fry from the tank. The Brichardi are VERY unique fish . Their fry will take care of the next generation and it just keeps going. It gets to the point that the parents don't really do any work but the mating.

 

[woody1k]

Brichardi aren't known to eat their own eggs, and I don't think the fry would be a problem as older fry will help care for younger fry. My guess would be that either the eggs weren't fertilized or the parents didn't feel it was safe for the fry. Have you changed the tank around recently?

Well mentioning that i was cleaning the tank when i came across the eggs on the wood that i took out of the tank i noticed straight away and put it back within seconds not quite in the same position but in the same location . yea i noticed they wont harm the fry at all they really do look out for each other keeping any other fish from there side of the tank where the bog wood is that they seem to love and not the rocky side . msybe they wasnt fertilized before i removed the wood then i kinda put them off tampering with the eggs in a way all though i had no idea they were there .

 

[dthoffsett]

Well, moving the eggs might have done it. In the future I'd just let them do their thing with minimal disruption.