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April 8th 06, 11:49 PM
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Seperating 'mothers'
My Auratus spawned 3 weeks ago, and I am putting that female in a seperate
tank. Now an additional female has spawned. Can I safely put her in with the other female and have both of them raising their fry in the other tank? Thanks!! 
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April 9th 06, 06:17 AM
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Seperating 'mothers'
"Dewey" wrote in message ... My Auratus spawned 3 weeks ago, and I am putting that female in a seperate tank. Now an additional female has spawned. Can I safely put her in with the other female and have both of them raising their fry in the other tank? Thanks!! yes
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April 9th 06, 12:31 PM
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Seperating 'mothers'
I think you will you will be aking for trouble if you put both females in
the same tank. Auratus are aggresive fish anyway, and females become even more so when holding. One major problem you will get is when one spits her fry, she will go into overdrive trying to protect them. The other female will also have a strong urge to collect the free swimming fry as her own. All I can see is trouble Im afraid. "Dewey" wrote in message ... My Auratus spawned 3 weeks ago, and I am putting that female in a seperate tank. Now an additional female has spawned. Can I safely put her in with the other female and have both of them raising their fry in the other tank? Thanks!!
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April 11th 06, 12:25 AM
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Seperating 'mothers'
"Dewey" wrote in message
... My Auratus spawned 3 weeks ago, and I am putting that female in a seperate tank. Now an additional female has spawned. Can I safely put her in with the other female and have both of them raising their fry in the other tank? Thanks!! If they spawned 3 weeks ago, aren't the fry free-swimming yet? They don't 'raise' their fry. I would not put 2 carrying females together, *_especially_* M.auratus. jmo -- www.NetMax.tk
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April 11th 06, 04:23 AM
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Seperating 'mothers'
On 2006-04-08 18:49:51 -0400, "Dewey" said:
My Auratus spawned 3 weeks ago, and I am putting that female in a seperate tank. Now an additional female has spawned. Can I safely put her in with the other female and have both of them raising their fry in the other tank? Thanks!! If your tank is large enough and/or has the right cover, it shouldn't be too much of a problem. Can you give us some information about tank size and maybe link to a picture of your tank? I'd hazard that if you just had these fish with some support/dither crews in a 75gal with lots of rock-work and some plants you'd be good to go. In a 30gal equal on rock-work/plants? Not such a good bet. Good luck! -Matt
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