Alright, MFK: I'm gonna go for it: I removed the parents from the tank yesterday.
Now it's up to the fry to grow, and I am counting on you guys that they all find good new homes.
Juvenile odoe, hatched and raised in New Jersey tap water. If that doesn't mean they're tough, I don't know what does! No worries about disease or parasites as one has with wild-caught fish. Having gown up in a tank, they're hopefully also less skittish. Last but not least, we don't have to fly in our fish from Africa. One step closer to sustainability in our hobby.
The fry are growing nicely. Most are around 3/4'' now. There are one or two mean brutes at 1'' that have started to prey on their siblings. Considering the trouble I had catching the parents, I'm dreading having to catch these guys out...
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