Old Man said they must get at least 4 feeds a day, and Ninja the fry keeps stealing the food from his roommates. I try to feed them all equally, but he's just a pig (even though his younger brother Sushi beats him away often).Can't you just decrease the amount of food you give them and how often you give it?
I had to move Ninja back to the main tank. Sushi was tearing his fins apartPut him in a small shotglass and feed him rations, while the other fries dine on a banquet.
Whatever happens, happens... At least his belly is no longer as swollen. He's hiding under the filter though and is very scared.He has been among them before with no problem.He looks an OK size - I mean I don't think the adults will think him food, will they?
He has been among them before with no problem.He looks an OK size - I mean I don't think the adults will think him food, will they?
Thing is that every time I saw a fry acting strangely, they would shortly become food that very day. Which is why I put my remaining 2 big fry in a fry net again.
Pinky, Hoppy and Chrome stand as examples.
Pinky was pretty near the 3cm / 1.2 inches. She ate 3 bloodworms, looked exactly like Ninja a day before, and then the next day, she was gone. None of the adult fish, not even the hoplo, had a mouth THAT big. Yet, she was gone.
Hoppy was near Pinky's size. Last time I saw him, he refused to eat with his siblings. Gone 4 hours later.
Chrome - the same day Hoppy disappeared, Chrome was acting weird (fast breathing, sitting on the sand), but no fish was attacking him, all of them just avoided him and left him to rest on the sand. At night, Chrome went to the surface and his tail was hanging. I only took my eyes off the tank for 30 minutes, when I looked back, Chrome was nowhere to be found. I looked everywhere except under the Java Fern (and doubt any fry would hide there).
Ninja and Sushi were the only fry to survive the big tank, as my newest addition, Arrie the lyretail, ate all the tiny fry that the other adult fish would not mind having around. Those were 1 cm fry that I haven't even named.
Well, they probably get ganged up on when they get sick. But it's odd that the adults were just strolling by and not even noticing Chrome being sick.Wow... It's like a murder mystery!
I couldn't watch anymore, the poor little fry was hiding everywhere, but his little brother kept finding him.Well, they probably get ganged up on when they get sick. But it's odd that the adults were just strolling by and not even noticing Chrome being sick.Wow... It's like a murder mystery!
And I don't get what happened last night in the fry cage, Sushi went cannibal mode. He was tearing the fins off of Ninja and eating them.
Maybe you could make ninja a temporary fry trap of his own? There are loads on YouTube... Maybe Sushi is craving meat? bloodworms maybe? 
I wanted to make a temp fry trap long ago, but mom wouldn't let me.
