help raising jewel cichlid fry

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  1. MadHatter

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    hi guys, my first batch of jewels are around 4months now, and they are 1-1.5cm and some even smaller. i do daily water changes i feed them live brine shrimp,crushed flakes and cichlid pellets. i have them in a 40l grow out tank as there is only around 20, they are being moved to a 60l. temp is at 27 degrees.

    any helpfull comments would be appreciated.
     
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    1.5cm sounds very small for 4 months old...so i think your fish maybe stunted by lack of space.
    If you wanna grow your 20 fish properly you should move them to a 3ft tank at least.
     
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    thanks man, i have a 2.5ft x 1.5x1.5ft tank standing around, they look to finally be gaining size, every day i see them. i usually move them to bigger tanks as they grow. but ill drop them in the bigger tank so long, just to get their growth going,
     
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    Are these not B/L ?
     

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