Green Terror Fry

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so my green terrors spawned about 2 weeks ago and since then a lot of the brood has been eaten (i think). Anyway i was thinking of putting the rest of them in a net breeder in the tank, but i love to get the opinions from some of the experts here, what do you guys think?????
 
NO! The green terrors will take good care of the young, they are great parents.

"The Green terror cichlid will need to be given suitable breeding sites in the tank, such as flat rocks. The Green terror cichlid will then carefully clean the site before any breeding takes place. The female Green terror cichlid can deposit up to 300-400 eggs on the flat rock, and some females will even produce more than 600 eggs each spawning. Do not separate the parents from the eggs or larvae, since Green terror cichlids are great parents. Breeding Green terror cichlids should however preferably be separated from other fish. Not because the other fish might eat the eggs or larvae, but because the Green terror cichlid might very well kill of all the other aquarium inhabitants to make sure that the offspring stays safe. The male will protect the flat stone from potential predators while the female care for the eggs. The eggs hatch after 3-4 days and the adult cichlids will continue to guard and care for the larvae. At this stage, the larvae can be fed crushed flakes. After 9-12 days, the fry are big enough to be free swimming. They are highly sensitive to poor water conditions and can easily succumb if you refrain from regular water changes. Free swimming Green terror cichlid fry will eat brine shrimp. When the fry have reached a length of ¾ inches, they will typically experience a growth spurt and rapidly grow bigger."
 
so my green terrors spawned about 2 weeks ago and since then a lot of the brood has been eaten (i think). Anyway i was thinking of putting the rest of them in a net breeder in the tank, but i love to get the opinions from some of the experts here, what do you guys think?????
Are there other fish in the tank? Plecos should be fine, but any other fish could be eating fry.

They will produce far more fry than you could possible raise, so some losses are not a big deal.
 
the only other fish in the tank is a 4 inch pleco, now im not sure but every mourning when the lights come on there are less fry. now i've been hand feeding my male till he is nice and full so im sure he is not eating them but, the female has not been eating much lately and im worried something is eating them my water checks out on every level and i do my 35% water changes every week. if there is anything else you can think of let me know
 
Is it just me but isn't the name "Green Terror" just soooo awesome.

<insert voice of Achmed - The Dead Terrorist here>

Green Terror! :lol:

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I'll bet that's what he has in his fish tank. :D

Sry...couldn't resist.
 
The green terror is my favorite fish at first i had multiple fish in my 55G but i got very fond of my female GT and the others where getting quite big so i donated my jack, convict, and fire mouth to my LFS and found a male GT and figured id give breeding a go.
 
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