Frequency Of Feeding Convict Fry Advice. Wk 7 Pics!

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Well they have now passed the week 4 stage / time frame The 3 that are left are starting to take shape. Their top fin is getting more prominent. Id say they are nearlly 2cms long now

...the parents have laid again... i think they are honry lil buggers lol I will have some photos this weekend at week 5.

 

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WEEK FOUR!

They are getting big now The 3rd batch hatched over night I think we are just going to let ths batch be and raise these ones. I picked up my 4ft tank on the weekend to.

Ive nicknamed them The 3 Musketeers because there is 3 of them left.

I havent quite figured out how to clean out the sponge filter on the box yet as it doesnt come out....but the gravel is now clean. They are getting bigger every day now and their fins are really starting to develope

 

[Athena]

Awww - nice to see the Three Musketeers are doing well!

They are at the googly eyes stage LOL - funny how their eyes grow much larger than the rest of their bodies to start with, isn't it?

Oh, was there no instruction leaflet with the filter box on how to clean out the sponge? Something most probably unclips somewhere, I should think. What are all those strange red blobs?

I took some photos on my mobile phone yesterday but haven't had a chance to download them to my pc at home yet. Will probably do it on Saturday.

My lot did that weird thing again a couple of times last night - where they all "freeze frame" at the same time and stay like it for a while and from what I saw it seemed to be the adult male who was controlling this behaviour. Perhaps it's a type of shoaling behaviour, I don't know. Looked like the male stopped suddenly and every other fish stopped with him and didn't move again for a minute until he did. Then some time later on he did it again (usually when I'm about to walk near the tank) and the others followed suit in a split second.

Maybe when your fry are a bit bigger and in the main tank you might even see them doing this too.

Perhaps I'm spooking them somehow by moving suddenly and their defence mechanism kicks in. They might think that by keeping still I won't notice they are there LOL

Anyway, thanks for posting the pics. Nice to see your convict fry developing over the weeks.

Athena

 

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So week five is upon us. My fiancee' and i didn't think they would last this long. There was another batch that hatched last week but there is zero of them left. (I think they got gobbled when they weren't looking.) They seem to be growing more every few days. They have their shape now and their body isn't red and see through now. Their fins are really starting to take shape.

The 3 Musketeers at Week 5!

The dad is such a fattie now! He's even had a growth spirt
This photo cracks me up because i think he has a mouth full of food...
The parents...

We are moving house in a couple of months so im hoping to have my 4ft betta tank up and running when we mvoe so these lil fellas can go into my 28ltr till they are big enough to go into the 3ft tank the rest of the cihlids are in.

Feeding is twice a day.

 

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They are nearlly 7 weeks old and they are still going strong