Jack Breeding Question

Cylon

Cylon

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My pair (EBJD and normal Jack) laid eggs and they hatcked Sunday night or early Monday morning. The babys arnt swimming they just look like little tadpoles sitting on the bottom of the folower pot. Are they doomed or do baby Jacks not swim on the 1st day?
Is my pair to imature for breeding. The EBJD is 5 1/2 to 6in and the female is 3 1/2 to 4in.
 
Maybe I should have asked the question differant.
When 2 normal jacks have a batch of fries hatch do the swim as soon as they hatch or just lay at the bottom for a time?
 
They are still in the wriggler stage of development. What you are seeing is normal for fish egg's. With in a day or two they should start to become free swiming. Your going to need some small food for them like newly hatched brine shrimp or infuriosa (sp). Finely crushed flake may work too. Good luck with your babies. Maybe you will get some EBJD's with that batch too.
 
I agree with fish freak. It seems that all is well with the fry so far.

FYI, I have used Hikari First Bites with success. You can actually see the fry eating it...it is really cool.

Good luck and have fun!
 
Kool I have that food.
Thanks for your imput I can worry less now. Im so glad to hear this.
I wont get any blues on this batch. I still have to do one last step. I need to breed one of these with an EBJD.
 
Update:
All the frys are swimming. They started Friday night.
Very happy to make it past step one.
 
Congratulations! I was so excited with my first batch of peacock fry . . .they did really well on the H First Bites, too. Post pix when they get bigger. . .
 
jdgdtt said:
My JD's eat there fry after about 1 week. So be careful.
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Do they do this every time?
Is it the tank size or do JDs normaly do this?
 
Mine did every time. At a very young age the fry should be on there own. I would say after they take some crushed flakes to move them to another tank, I personaly would as soon as they are free swimming. Other wise the parents will assume the fry will not live on there own and thus use them for food for the next batch.
 
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