Convict fry Q?

[Shagmaster]

OK, last friday I bought 2 of what I thought were convict hybrids. Dont look like any cons Ive seen before. All white with a hint of yellow around the fins & tail, What looks like stripes, but they are all splotchy. Kind of dairy-cowish.
Well the female laid eggs 2 days after I got them!:rolleyes: Yesterday they hatched!!?:eek: I thought hybrids werent able to breed successfuly.
I will get pics as soon as I can.
So what should I feed them when the yolk sac is gone? They are in my 26 gal, with sponge over the filter intake. The female is a great mom, keeping all the fry on the sheltered spot of a large piece of driftwood.

Thanks,
Jacob

[punkpook]

I dont know what you are supposed to feed them, but my convicts had babies too and I didn't do anything but feed them extra flake food. and They are about 4 weeks old now. The momma and dadda fed them for awhile and now they go up to the top and eat on their own.

[liv2padl]

i use commercial foods such as Hikari "First Bites" as well as boiled egg yolk and Cyclop-eeze and Artemia.

[Shagmaster]

i use commercial foods such as Hikari "First Bites" as well as boiled egg yolk and Cyclop-eeze and Artemia.

Boiled egg yolk?

[liv2padl]

boiled egg yolk. very high in protein, very small in size. don't just toss in an egg ... scrape off a small piece and crush it up.

[Shagmaster]

boiled egg yolk. very high in protein, very small in size. don't just toss in an egg ... scrape off a small piece and crush it up.

Thats cool! Thanks.