Pull babies from parents? Or parents from babies?

[k7prz]

I have about 50 fry with parents in a 20 gal tall. Fry have been free swimming
for about 10 days. Some do eat baby brine that I occasionally squirt into the crowd
of fry that are nursing off the parents slime.

I have a 2 1/2 gallon mounted in a 10 gal with heater in the 10. Is 2 1/2 gal large enough to start with?
Or should I remove the parents and keep the fry in the 20 gal?

Not sure how the jpg will come through.

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[k7prz]

I must have been in the wrong area of the forum to upload the jpg. 120K limit it said for size.

[Bill63SG]

don't do anything unless the parents seem distressed.You can leave the fry with them from 3-5 weeks.dont occaisionally give them bbs,you should be doing it twice a day since the third day and changing atleast 50% of the water atleast daily.50 is not that big a spawn,shouldnt be a problem.

[John_Nicholson]

I always remove the fry and not the parents. At 10 days they should be getting fed BBS twice a day ad should be eating it well by now. As Bill said you can leave them longer but you need to get a bigger tank to raise them in. They need at least a 29 now and will need a 55+ in short order.

-john