The
PAROSPHROMENUS PROJECT

The
PAROSPHROMENUS
PROJECT

Snatching nests

#8917
Peter Finke
Participant

[quote=”Gianne00″ post=5615]Hello (…) I’m sorry (…) but my P. linkei have been spawning every 2 weeks but no fry, probably due to predation, since I can see the fry develop to hanging but no free-swimming fry.[/quote]

Be patient. That’s quite normal. Young Paros don’t swim freely around just after leaving the cave. They hide (for instance in leaves at the bottom) and eat microorganisms (which are there if it’s an older set up). If you feed the adults with freshly hatched brine shrimp the young will get their share. You will probably see young fishes free swimming in four or six or eight weeks time. Not earlier. It’s always like this.