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BigBen wrote: ↑Sun Feb 19, 2023 18:23 pm

black ghost wrote: ↑Sun Feb 19, 2023 15:45 pm They do look very skinny though. The widest part of them (top to bottom?) should be their bellies. They need fed at least several times a day at this stage.

They were tasty in the end. I missed the first couple of days of them so I'm not surprised. I thought they'd dwindled a bit this morning when I looked.

I think @black ghost meant the adults look a little skinny, you can see a bit of a dip in the middle where their stomachs are.
I hope you didnt eat them though

No I meant the fry. This is by far their fastest growth phase, and they’ll go through calories like there’s no tomorrow, doubling in weight every few days. They need a lot of food, relatively speaking. Their little bellies should be constantly full.

It’s normal for parents to get a bit thin (not that these are), because their priority now is protecting the fry and leading them to food.

black ghost wrote: ↑Sun Feb 19, 2023 18:46 pm

BigBen wrote: ↑Sun Feb 19, 2023 18:23 pm They were tasty in the end.

I meant that the adults found the fry tasty. I can confirm that I have not tasted anything from my tank, except the water when I sucked on the hose for too long.

The adults are a good weight, but they probably haven't had entirely full bellies this week as they have been a bit neglected. Possibly why they decided to eat the fry.

Oh. Have they all gone then?

black ghost wrote: ↑Sun Feb 19, 2023 23:36 pm Oh. Have they all gone then?

Yes, all disappeared in about an hour yesterday afternoon.

Thats a shame
No doubt they will try again

Gingerlove05 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 16:03 pm Thats a shame
No doubt they will try again

Probably. My fish all have the horn at the moment. I have CW140 eggs again today, but infertile again.