I have a pair of 7-8 year old Oscars. They have their second batch of successfully hatched fry (free swimming for a day now.) The first batch has one surviver that is in it’s own tank. I know that I could remove them from their parents for a bigger # to survive but as a hobbyist, I have little resources of “takers” when the fry are big enough. I need suggestions with good filtration without sucking up the babies…I have tried panty hose on the end of my bio-filter tube but that doesn’t prevent fry from getting stuck to it. I also could use good suggestions for feeding them. I use brine shrimp and have used crushed flakes. With them in a big tank..how can I ensure they are finding the food?
keep the oscars in the net while u feed the fry food cause the oscar will probably snatch the food from the fry
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put 2 times the amount of food your big one will usually eat. the babies will eat what he doesn’t. take out any lefyovers though. congrats on the babies!
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The best answer I have for the filtration is putting a sponge prefilter over your uplift tubes. Try to lower the current in your tank with a check valve if the fry are getting blown around. As for the feeding I would get a divider or use a breeding trap so that the fry can get food without the parents eating it and even eating their fry.
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For fodd Id get a divider so the parents cant eat the food or eat their fry.
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