Heros Sp Red Shoulder With Fry

[DRE]

Hi, my first post in this forum and I just want to share s short film with my Heros red shoulder with fry. The father is not more than 1,5 years old while the mother is a bit oldeer not shure exactly how much.

It is a 936 liter tank with 5 heros, 30 Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma and 10 Geophagus sp Tapajos orange heads. I am about to remove one Heros and add 4 Tahuantinsuyoa macantzatza.

I bought 5 heros and I have now 2 pairs and both have spawned with resulting fry.

However they seem to eat their own fry after a few days of free swimming fry. Is that to be expected or are they not mature enough yet to handle their fry?

 

[GShorty1981]

Possible that they are not mature enough yet or the Geos/Tetras are posing to much of a threat.

Absolutely stunning tank btw what is the dimensions and filtration on it?

 

[star4]

Wow awsome video and what an absolutely stunning tank you have.

 

[DRE]

Thanks for your kind words. It is 160x90cm and 65cm high.

I have an eheim 2260 external filter filled with macaronies(?) + 10ppm filtermaterial in the bottom and 2 ciculation pumps build into the back to nature modules on each side. Also the BTN modules are filled with material good for bakterias (macaronies?) + 10 ppm filter in the bottom.

In total 1900+1500x2 liters per hour so fairy much but the water is still calm enough.

 

[Glenbo1981]

-Jealous-

 

[meguro]

nice tank and fish

music?

 

[DRE]

nice tank and fish

music?

I just picked some music from youtube that i thought fitted with the fry clowd.

I have gone for a tank that has lots of places to hide with caves and dark areas. The fishes seem to dig it. I have 2 pairs of Severum that have laid eggs and got fry. One of the pairs have had fries 3 times and the other once. And that in 2 months. I also have Geophagus Tapajos orange heads and they have spawned with resukting fry twice. That pair is currently chewing fry and should release them sometime next week. Probably today I will have free swimming fry from my severums again (that is the 3:rd for that couple)

BTW, I'm a swede (excuse my english) just found this forum and thought you had some interesting stuff here.

 

[DRE]

The fry I got from the film above is now 5 weeks old and I have a small film showing how I feed them with brine shrimps.

I have hatched the shrimps in a plastic box from were I suck up the shrimps using a small manual pump(?) and then pushes them out and into the tank with the fry. The fry just get crazy when they get this stuff.

 

[dave_oddballs]

brilliant video's!
my juvi sp. rotkeils eat all sorts now, they love to rip up chunks of prawn!
very nice fish!

 

[Glenbo1981]

Fancy shipping some fry DRE?

 

[DRE]

Fancy shipping some fry DRE?

I have 50 frys, but shipping must be complicated and probably not so good for the little ones?! If you're passing through Stockholm swedden please drop by though.

 

[Glenbo1981]

Haha wish i was