[anasfire23]

Yep, fry can only eat uber small food like nematode worms (microscopic worms) eg Vinegar eels, Microworms and walter worms until they are big enough to take baby brine shrimp, blood worms, pellets and other live foods. But they are as sensitive as an old fish so you have to be careful. I'm freaking out a little at the moment coz I just realised they all have white spot, probably got it from their dad so I've had to up their temp to around 89F and add some multi-cure at 1/4 the regular dosage...I've also added some salt! Lets hope they get over it! Ikermailli, yes you do have to separate them but the time to do that differs with each spawn. My first spawn were all fine with each other up until 6 weeks old, the second lot started fighting at 3 weeks. This lot are almost 4 weeks old and there are still no signs of fighting, even from the largest ones so I'm hoping they will all be fine for a few more weeks.

As Baby_Baby said, I do have a life outside of my fish even though they are my job at the moment and do take up a lot of my time I also have a 6 year old son to care for, a house to keep clean and other fish tanks to maintain. If you did a count of all the fish I have here now we'd be over the 300 mark easily, I can't get all weepy over each individual fish when they die, I feel sad when I find them dead and there's a moment when my brain says 'aww that's a shame, poor little guy' then I dispose of the body and move on... I can't wallow or I'd be in a constant state of depression. Especially when it comes to losing fry... We've lost 163 fry since they hatched, many of which bodies I saw, are you expecting me to cry over every single one of them? Ikermalli, you need to realise that I have a very healthy attitude towards it all, I have to distance myself emotionally from it all or I'd be a wreck 24/7. It is a little sad that people who breed fish have to get this way but it's necessary in order for you to keep your sanity and anything that resembles a life!