Reply To: I’ve got babies!!!
I have LOTS of fry now, and I only ever notice them when they are at the top of the tank, and I suspect they swim to the top fairly soon after hatching. (Which is why some of the posts about syphoning water off the top make me nervous.)
The fry swim about at the top of the tank, and don’t seem to be too bothered about swimming in the roots of some floating plants I have. They seem to be very brave and don’t need to hide from their parents as they parents always stay on the bottom of the tank, and don’t seem to be remotely interested in eating their young.
The older fry that are bigger are now about 2 months old, and they now spend some time down lower with their parents, as they are now too big to be accidentally eaten.