Hello all,
I currently have 1 male and 1 female Double Red Cockatoos in a heavily planted 10 gallon aquarium. This is the second time they have successfully breed in this tank. My fish had fry about 6 days ago. The fry have been eating from moss balls that I have in there (they seem to like it). I have also tried feeding them baby brine shrimp and artemia. Not sure on the success with that. There are a few other small tetras in the tank but I cant see them bothering the fry so far. Okay, here is the problem though.
The first time they had babies, they ate them about a week after they were born. They protected them and then suddenly just ate them one day. Today, I setup a small 5 gallon tank with the basics, airstone, heater, a few decorations. Nothing else.
I am thinking that if I move the parents to this temporary tank I will be giving the fry a better chance at survival. Do you think this is a good idea? Any tips would be great as I'd really like to see this group of fry survive.
I currently have 1 male and 1 female Double Red Cockatoos in a heavily planted 10 gallon aquarium. This is the second time they have successfully breed in this tank. My fish had fry about 6 days ago. The fry have been eating from moss balls that I have in there (they seem to like it). I have also tried feeding them baby brine shrimp and artemia. Not sure on the success with that. There are a few other small tetras in the tank but I cant see them bothering the fry so far. Okay, here is the problem though.
The first time they had babies, they ate them about a week after they were born. They protected them and then suddenly just ate them one day. Today, I setup a small 5 gallon tank with the basics, airstone, heater, a few decorations. Nothing else.
I am thinking that if I move the parents to this temporary tank I will be giving the fry a better chance at survival. Do you think this is a good idea? Any tips would be great as I'd really like to see this group of fry survive.
