now i can count 10 frys!! i am plan to get more females and hope to see more frys spawning. by the way i want to share something. i don't know whether this is will help or not but put some cherry shrimps into my tank. (40 of them, but they show up a lot less than that, feel like 10 ) i notice that the little shrimps help to crunch tetra bit into little pieces and that helps little frys to eat it easily. now i don't even have to crunch the tetra bit into a little pieces any more. i just throw the food into the tank and let the little shrimps do their jobs.
ps. thank you John and Jo's zeb. i am so happy right now. the photo is really hard to take since they always swim like a rocket.
i put them after i saw some little frys. however, i don't think they will eat the eggs. as every time the shrimp pass by the entrance of the cave, male zeb kick them away with his tail. even the little frys, they stay with the shrimp now. they share some food.
Hi chanett, Oh Thank you so very much! Thought I'd ask just in case they did, my dad would have had to fish the little blighters (shrimps, that is out! ) you have put my mind a ease, MANY THANKS
some frys died i don't know what is the factor. may be the food i give them is not small enough. however, i thought they suppose to fine things to eat themselve don't they? can they bite from a normal size of tetra bit? not really sure. may be the little shrimp took care of the left over little frys. that's why i don't notice at all.
chanettt wrote: can they bite from a normal size of tetra bit?
Yes they can. I'm so sorry to hear of your loss, but I'm not sure I know of any breeder that has managed to get 100% to survive... It's terribly sad when you loose some though isn't it
now, i just got some more frys from my 4th spawn. now i got 15 frys that are healthy.(not including this 4th spawn) i hope there are many more to come.