Keeping male inside fries tank?

[morriselma]

if the male is left with the spawn, then will the male be eating daphnia or can he be given frozen BW?

[wilson20]

Originally posted by morriselma
if the male is left with the spawn, then will the male be eating daphnia or can he be given frozen BW?

He will eat the follow:
Daphnia,
Tubifex Worm,
Blood worm that grow themself inside the tanks,
and sometime mosquito larvea.

Just to let you know also, my fish are keep in fish farm. It very different from home. I can put the male inside to take care of the fries coz I do disturb them often.

Please also be aware that once the male got frighten or offended, he will start eating fries..

[wilson20]

The reasin why derrick and do it coz i believe that he doesn't disturb the spawn often also. He leave he fish under the mango tree also..

[morriselma]

Originally posted by wilson20
He will eat the follow:
Daphnia,
Tubifex Worm,
Blood worm that grow themself inside the tanks,
and sometime mosquito larvea.

Just to let you know also, my fish are keep in fish farm. It very different from home. I can put the male inside to take care of the fries coz I do disturb them often.

Please also be aware that once the male got frighten or offended, he will start eating fries..

OIC, then i cant attempt to do this coz my spawning tank got ppl passing by every now and then... thanks for the info!!

I believed that there`s some kind of telegraphy between father & his fries. It seems to me that for all my spawn, the father will not eat his fries. Some will eat during the eggs period but when they hatch, the male do nothing except taking care of them.

On my previous spawn, I took the father out after the fries are free swimming. When the fries are 1.5 months old, I put back the male into the tank. Suprisingly, the male doesn`t eats them.

For the present spawn, I took the father out after the fries are free swimming also. The father is so uncomfortable in its new environment, he even wants to jump out of the tank! After seeing that, I quickly put it back to the fries tank. That somehow tells me to leave the male inside the fries tank. I feel bad separating them.

That`s why I wrote this thread!

my male after i took out also same as you the male keep banging the tank and wont eat in the end die ...haiz sad sia i think they also canno take it

me saw the thai farm doing it too...so no worry lar...can lar...

[Imbellis]

i scared the male eat up the fries when free swimming. Well, i'll try to my HM

Wow, interesting new concept, always thought the male will eat the fries. guess i was wrong. must try this during june hols!!

anyone knows under what circumstances will the male makan all his offsprings?