Glowlight Tetra Or German Blue Ram Fry?

[BLASK]

I have a pair of german blue rams and six glowlight tetras in a 20gal planted.

2 otos, some snails.

Yesterday after work I was feeding them and found little fry everywhere! I am used to platy fry, but these guys were way smaller. My net couldnt catch them like platy fry. I got a brand new baster and started sucking them up into a clean 1gal tank with water that has been aging for 2weeks. I mixed 50% of that water and 50% of my tank water. Threw in some live plants and a air pump. I got about 11 fry so far, BOTH the rams and tetras eat them when they find them. I saw tons more, at least 40 in one area, I suspect more.

I will get pics later, I think they are the tetras, as the fry resemble them more. Anyway, I will buy some brine shrimp eggs today to make for these guys. For now they should be fine in the 1gal? I have no filter or heater on it, but AC maintains room temp and I will change 50% water each day. Let me know everyone.

THanks.

 

[Seb R]

cool, good luck raising them.

Have you noticed any odd behavior or spawning from either fish species?

 

[BLASK]

well, the rams have been spawning for a while now, but they always ate the eggs before they hatched. I don't know how the tetras breed, so I don't know what kind of behavior to look for in them. The rams are in the rear left of the tank and the tetras are in the rear right. I have had a large algae outbreak (black beard, black hair, and plain green water) So the visibility in the tank is not great. Prehaps thats why the eggs hatched. The rams are chasing the tetras during all this. I read that rams raise their fry and not eat them. They would only eat them if they are hungry? or stressed?

I just figured if they are being eaten, it must be tetra fry but it can be ram fry as well