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 #3979  by odin
 
Oh wow they look great, I’ve never seen any larvae in my tank unfortunately. Lots of berried females though!


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 #3981  by Beano
 
odin wrote: 30 Oct 2017 10:56 Oh wow they look great, I’ve never seen any larvae in my tank unfortunately. Lots of berried females though!


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Odin, you need to remove the berried female into a separate breeder tank because adult alphas eat the larvae. They love live food. I feed them live baby brine shrimp and they are all gone within 24 hours. In my breeder tank I have a small breeding box with small slots so the larvae can escape from the mother.
 #3982  by Beano
 
opae ula related wrote: 30 Oct 2017 17:25 Awesome. Can you put up a pic of your tank? Do you live near the ocean?
Ok I’ll take a couple of shots of my breeder tank when I get back home later. I move the larvae from the breeder tank into a large 7 litre food plastic container. The reason is because all the larvae have died in the past and it’s easier to move and clean the food container. I stay on a small hill in Singapore :smile:
 #3986  by odin
 
Looks very practical, I wasn’t aware they ate their young as rampant as that.. I thought I’d at least see some the next day or there abouts lol.


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