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Male cichlids protect their fry from predators by fighting off any potential predators.*
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How do cichlids protect their fry from predators?
Male cichlids protect their fry from predators by fighting off any potential predators.*
How do you protect the new born guppy fry?
You either separate them from potential predators or you provide them with heaps of adequate cover and hiding places.
Can you put convict fish with African cichlids?
they should go together depending on what africans you have and how big they are. i have a convict female south american cichlid and a jewel male african cichlid that laid eggs and now have fry.
How does seagulls protect themselves?
beus bannas doocky fry
Convict cichlids babies hide in the grass?
Cichlids are quite aggressive fish that have been known to consume their fry. Often times the cause of fish hiding is to avoid larger fish. This habit is instinctual and should go away once the fish is approximately 2-3 inches in length.
How are fry born from a female betta?
betta fry are not born .they hatch from eggs laid by the female which the male fertilizes.
Does the male and the females live together with there babies?
After spawning, a male Betta will kill the female if she is not removed almost immediately. He looks after and rears the fry by himself until they are free swimming. If he is not removed when the fry are at the 'free swimming' stage, he will eat the fry.
Can you put the female betta with the baby bettas after the male is removed?
No, she will eat them. The male should be removed as soon as the fry become free swimming - that's about two days after they hatch or four days after they are laid. Once you take out the male, start feeding the fry on vinegar eels and microworms. Any adult betta put in a tank with betta fry (even their own) will eat the fry.
How do red devil fish act when they breeding?
I, as well, have various cichlids. The male may chase the female, and may act aggressive, however do not be alarmed unless intense violence is occuring. Be careful to separate the fry when they are born, since many fish can be born with short-lived or no maternal instincts, and may consider them as food.
When the eggs hatch how long before you can take the male beta out?
You must take the male beta out after 6 days. By 6 days the fry will be free swimming. The male will then get angry and possibly aggressive enough to kill because he wants his fry to stay in the nest. The male will not eat for this 6 day period. He will also think of the fry as food if he isn't taken out by the sixth day.
Who is the male rooms to go spokesman?
Ed Fry
How do fish keep there babys safe?
The majority of fish are egglayers. A male and female (or sometimes a large group including both sexes) will spawn with eggs and milt (liquid containing sperm) being released at the same time. Most of the eggs will be fertilised. They may be left to fall to the bottom or into plants (egg scattering) or attached to objects like the glass, plant stems or rocks. Usually, once the eggs have been laid the parents leave and have nothing more to do with them. Some fish care for the eggs - usually one parent and usually the male, although sometimes both, will stay near the eggs and care for them. Fish that do this include plecos (ie bristlenose catfish) - the male remains with the eggs to clean them, remove any that begin to rot, and fan them to provide a supply of oxygenated water. Male anabantids also care for the eggs, which are placed in a bubblenest - the male guards the nest and picks up any eggs that fall out and puts them back. Mostly, the parents will abandon the fry shortly after hatching. The best example of parental care in freswater fish is probably the family Cichlidae (the cichlids). Many cichlids spawn in a cave or on a rock, and both parents will then guard, fan and clean the eggs until they hatch. The fry will then be cared for (herded around and guarded) until they are several weeks old and too big to be picked off by small fish. Cichlids that do this often form a permanent pair bond, with the same pair of fish remaining together and producing multiple broods. Other cichlids mouthbrood - after laying the eggs one parent, usually the female, takes the eggs into her mouth. She does not feed for the entire time they are in there, often over three weeks, and will become extremely thin. The fry that she releases from her mouth are large and well developed. Often the parents will continue to care for the fry after she releases them, and when threatened the fry will be herded back into her mouth until the danger passes. There are other fish (non-cichlids) that mouthbrood - in most of these cases, it is the male that carries the eggs in his mouth (ie mouthbrooding anabantids.) The notable exception to all of this is the livebearers. There are a lot of fish that have seperately developed the mechanism of a 'pregnancy' but the ones most people will encounter are the Poeciliidae, which are popular aquarium fish and include guppies, platys, swordtails and mollies. The male has a modified anal fin with which he fertilises the females internally. The females carry the fertilised eggs inside them for around a month and then give birth to well developed live young, that are larger and more robust than the newly hatched fry of most egglayers. Very, very few livebearers care for the fry after they are born.
