hi i have some sort of ram pair from a frend 2 weeks ago in my angel fish tank. the female is now gaurding eggs in one of the rocks.
i would love to have the fry, would it be best to move her to hear own tank with the eggs or not? and if i do will she eat them? or outher fish eat them? she is now chasing the male around the tank like crazy HELP plz
i just look at pictures on google and it a APISTOGRAMMA BREVIS if this helps
Hi do you have any pics of the fish you have? Not one off the net the ones in your tank as A.Brevis is a bit unusual to find and usually only available through breeders or fish auctions, there are a few common species that it could be as well.
That said though, congratulations!! In my opinion it is upto you what you want to do with the eggs, apistos are good parents and if they have started to breed now they will do it again. When I have had fish breed I chose to let the parents take care of the fry and let them grow out in the tank you wont get a full brood but you will get some babies surviving on their own. Or if you wanted to remove them, you can raise them properly which would mean taking the rock with the eggs out the tank into a new tank with a cycled filter and an air pump then angle the air pump towards the eggs, this will simulate the female fanning the eggs. Then you need to keep an eye on the eggs to avoid fungus taking hold so remove the fluffy looking ones. Then when the fry hatch very frequent water changes are key! This helps them grow and keep water quality good as well and they should grow pretty quick
