Walking the babies

[Second Hand Pat]

These guys are over 2 weeks old and are not feeding on the parents near as much. Instead the parents take them out and about to pick at various things, the bottom, wood, the divider. Mom had them out and about and I dropped a bunch of BBS on them.

[Disgirl]

What a great little video Pat! Makes me wish I had some magic like that in a tank here.
Barb

[Second Hand Pat]

Barb, I love the babies at this age. You can see them and the parents and fry still make a nice family group.

[the20tonknuckler]

Pat, awesome job. Fry are fun to watch.

[Second Hand Pat]

Thanks Mike

[DiscusLoverJeff]

Nice looking group Pat. Good to see they are getting their independence.

[Second Hand Pat]

Thanks Jeff

[Chad Hughes]

Very cool Pat! Beautiful babies!

[Second Hand Pat]

Thanks Chad, I agree

[Allwin]

Cool babies and nice depth video to show bbs..

[fredyx]

Wow they look really nice!! What a color in such tiny little creatures

[Second Hand Pat]

Cool babies and nice depth video to show bbs..

Wow they look really nice!! What a color in such tiny little creatures

Thanks guys

[chaoslite]

Nice video and fry Pat.

Mishka

[sunshine]

Hey Pat, A baby question for you.. If my pair are still laying eggs but are in the big tank. No wigglers yet, cause the eggs are eaten,

but if the eggs do hatch, can I scoop up mom/dad babies and put them in the breeding tank? or will they disown the babies that way? that's if they even get to hatch.

The funny thing is, Our Female is a little street walker, lol.. her first man/mate got sick, so he's recovering, but in the meantime she hooked up with another male, and then those eggs disappeared and now she's with another male..... LOL.... boy she gets around.

[Second Hand Pat]

Sunshine, the best recommendation here is to allow a pair bond to strenghten by allowing the pair to practice. If the fish are young the females mature first and the males later. At this stage the females might lay and the male(?) will eat the eggs as she lays them. Later after the male matures as a couple they may eat the eggs and continue to do this for a while. Also water conditions play a role here. The best conditions for hatching is soft water (Gh of about 4dGH) with a TDS in the 80s range. So suggestions from here is to allow the pair to practice until they have wigglers and then move them to a breeding tank with the right water conditions.