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Last night, right after a water change, my pair of Bolivian Rams I have in a 20 Long laid eggs for their first time (I think about 100-150) so I'm excited but at the same time I'm freaking out because I didn't expect them to breed so quickly and at such a small size (I got them two weeks ago and they're under two inches long) Right now I have them in a 20 Long with three other small B. Rams (I'm gonna try to find a new home for them now that I have a pair)
The female won't let the male help her protect the eggs even though I thought they shared the responsibility. Should I be worried?
Also, I want to raise the fry to adulthood but since I wasn't expecting them to breed so quickly I don't have a fry tank. All I have is a 2.5 gallon tank where I have tons of MTS snails but no filter, only Rotala Indica and Christmas Moss, or I could put them in a 5 gallon tank with no plants but that has a filter, I guess I could run down to the LFS and get a 10 Gallon tank and put them in there, I could get Beneficial Bacteria but would that be enough to cycle it to the Ram frys' needs? Which of these options would be best?
The female won't let the male help her protect the eggs even though I thought they shared the responsibility. Should I be worried?
Also, I want to raise the fry to adulthood but since I wasn't expecting them to breed so quickly I don't have a fry tank. All I have is a 2.5 gallon tank where I have tons of MTS snails but no filter, only Rotala Indica and Christmas Moss, or I could put them in a 5 gallon tank with no plants but that has a filter, I guess I could run down to the LFS and get a 10 Gallon tank and put them in there, I could get Beneficial Bacteria but would that be enough to cycle it to the Ram frys' needs? Which of these options would be best?
