Got to love those caring moms

This girl is feeding 20 plus pinkies :O

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Lucky .... my jerks ate their first ... second litter due soon and changed the food up so I'm crossing my fingers

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Originally Posted by Jessica Loesch

Lucky .... my jerks ate their first ... second litter due soon and changed the food up so I'm crossing my fingers

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Sorry to hear that. One asf breeder told me to supplement with black sunflower seeds when they have a litter and I never had adults eating their young. Don't know if its because of that or I'm just lucky but I do it.

I'll give new females one chance, but after that the cannibal tubs just get fed off.

I love to see the girls crowd surfing! :rofl:

Somehow I can just imagine that girl going "... I hate you SO MUCH for this."

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Originally Posted by rexrem

Sorry to hear that. One asf breeder told me to supplement with black sunflower seeds when they have a litter and I never had adults eating their young. Don't know if its because of that or I'm just lucky but I do it.

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I heard that too..


Yep, giving mine one more chance too. I just think mom didn't feed em and they died so they ate em to clean up. But still.

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Originally Posted by Shadera

I love to see the girls crowd surfing! :rofl:

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The females are busy feeding while the male sleeps. Sounds familiar :D

That is their job. The male's job is done. :)

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Originally Posted by spitzu

That is their job. The male's job is done. :)

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:rofl:

My girl just pushed out 8 on Monday. I can't even get in there to sex them. Momma is pretty protective.

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Originally Posted by Nektu

:rofl:

My girl just pushed out 8 on Monday. I can't even get in there to sex them. Momma is pretty protective.

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That's why it's nice to have 2 or more females in there to help out.

Some of my moms will haul to the other side of the tank dragging babies with her, others will fight till the end. I found it was easier to remove the parents first like when you are cleaning the tank and then do what you need to do. I like looking at the sex while doing maintenance.

Would be nice to have another girl in there to help, but I'm just starting breeding them. A friend was kind enough to give her to me. But I'm keeping the first litter for that reason.