It's A Cruel World But That's Life

[Reyn]

Well I was just in checking my fry and noticed this.

Even though this fry is one of the biggest, I think he is taking on to much of a mouthful here. have removed the half eaten fry which was still alive but i think it is dead now. just goes to show that in nature if your hungry it doesnt matter what or who you eat, Brother, sister, or sometimes parents.

 

[lilfishie]

think that one needs seperating, what are the parents like?

 

[HODDY]

oh gosh.Don't babies eat each other in the world because of less food sorcouces so they eat each other?

 

[Reyn]

well this ones just a pig. was feed 1 hour before and there is still live food on the bottom. all the rest are around the same size so i wont be removing one fry for trying to eat his sibling. this is reality guy and gals fry eat fry.

 

[lilfishie]

well this ones just a pig. was feed 1 hour before and there is still live food on the bottom. all the rest are around the same size so i wont be removing one fry for trying to eat his sibling. this is reality guy and gals fry eat fry.

so that was the only small one, i personally would either seperate the smaller ones or the larger, i hate seeing fry eat each other no matter how natural it may seem, and i could not of sat there and took photos, but maybe thats just me, i feel responsible for every fish i have fry or not

 

[Reyn]

well there are around 60 fry in there, and I dont check every single fry for size. this is my hobby breeding bettas and its something you have to get over it you want to breed as often as I do.

 

[lilfishie]

i breed guppies but any larger fry i remove to avoid them eating the others but i can see you point with 60 of them. how old are they and do you have any pics of the parents?

 

[Reyn]

will pop some pictures up later. but mummy is a copper (I love coppers ) right got to goto shop now.

forgot to say they are just under 4 weeks.

 

[lilfishie]

oo copper nice

 

[faithless1294]

would love to see some parent pics

 

[Amunet]

I don't see why some of you are getting so up-in-arms about this.
What's so wrong with it. Fish eat their own all the time.

I think it's pretty interesting actually. I mean I know the parents will eat their own fry, but for some reason it never actually occured to me that fry would eat fry specially as tiny as those 2 are.

Very interesting!

 

[Synirr]

...its something you have to get over it you want to breed as often as I do.

Yes indeedy! This is just part of what happens when you breed fish.

 

[liz2]

I want your avatar ........
I see nothing wrong it is nature...I am a veggie though and had to come out of kitchen as hubby was watching something and they had a snapper fish complete with head on the plate.....yuck!!

 

[Reyn]

i have a few of his brothers and sister available. heres his sister.

brother are alot like him.

 

[lilfishie]

she is gorgeous