Mother apisto chasing away larger fry

[Denz]

I have an apistogramma cacatuoides male + female in a tank with a footprint of 80cm (L) × 40cm (D) Mix of rocks, driftwood, val, and java moss mean lots of places to hide. Other fish are bristlenose pleco (juvenile), snowball pleco (juvenile), rummynose tetra and temporarily a couple of platies. I noticed a pretty big apisto fry recently. The female is chasing it pretty relentlessly if it comes into the open. Thoughts on if I should move the juvenile apisto?

 

[Hellfishguy]

My cacatuoides pair chase the older fry when there’s a new batch on the way.

 

[Denz]

My cacatuoides pair chase the older fry when there’s a new batch on the way.

Do you move the older fry out?

 

[TClare]

If it is continually being chased relentlessly I would move it (if you can catch it!).

 

[Denz]

If it is continually being chased relentlessly I would move it (if you can catch it!).

Catching is the issue! I notice the mother has disappeared so probably tending to fry. Hopefully that will keep her too busy to chase the other one

 

[ruud]

It's not an easy task to get your kids to move out of the house.

 

[Hellfishguy]

Do you move the older fry out?

There’s lots of driftwood and a heavy growth of Java moss in the tank, so they’re able to evade the adults indefinitely. I’ve been breeding Apistogramma cacatuoides colony-style for the last four yeas. Not all of the fry make it to adulthood, but enough survive to keep the colony going.