i have 2 jack dempsey that i bought about 5 months ago, and they arent too big. they are about 3-4 inches, and the just attempted and were successful at having babies. now i have a load of fry because my convicts bred too. when can i remove the fry? and is this bad for my jack dempseys to breed so young?
jack dempsey breeding?
- Thread starter cichlidbryce
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3-4 inches isn't young. They can breed at 2" or so. More likely at larger sizes, but possible that small. You can remove the fry after they are free-swimming.
Its try i have 2 flower horns >2" and they bred about 100 fry. A friend of mine had his convicts breed. His problem was the mated pair kept breeding so the prior group of frys would eat the newer. But the mated pair could also kill off the older group the make room. I have seen both.
mostlycichlids
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They normally start breeding at that size and you can leave the fry with them as they are pretty good parents.