you won't find much different in this chart, except the younger fry are in the 5 gal, when they produse less waste. of course, the older males will also be in there. oh well. only so much space, you know?

Batch #1: stays in net breeder in 10 gal until 1 week old, then move into school's 5 gal.

Batch #2: stays in net breeder in (new) 5 gal where male lives, until #3.

Batch #3: #2 moves into female 10 gal tank, open water. #3 goes into 5 gal net breeder, until next batch.

Batch #4: #2 males move into fraternal 5 gal. Females stay where they are. #3 move into maternal 10gal. #4 move into fraternal net breeder.

Batch #5: #2 stay where they are, until sold to LFS. #3 segregated by gender, like #2 was. #4 move into maternal 10 gal. #5 move into fraternal net breeder, with father and older males.

*Batch #6 should be last batch from current insemination*

  do you think the chart stresses the male 5 gal too much?

  but yeah, i'm getting pretty excited. i don't know how the 2 will react after separation, but, as UC has said in some other post i've read, "nature will find a way.".

  he is the one who inseminated before, and the two are currently my only two fish. i know a trio is about tenfold better than a pair, but my older female died a few months ago, and i don't currently have a QT. i'll probably get another female in the mid summer, when being shipped to the store isn't so hard on them. i live in a very cool place, so mid summer is actually about 75 degrees, 80 in any fish dealer within 100 miles. it all depends on mother nature, anyhow.

batch #1: stays in net breeder in 10 gal that the mother lives in until 1 week old, then moved to the school's empty 5 gal.

  batch #2: kept in net breeder in 10 gal with
mother until next batch(age 1 month).

 batch #3: batch 2 moved to 5 gal with dad, #3 put into net breeder in 10 gal until NEXT batch.

 batch #4: batch 2 females moved to 10 gal tank with mother, males stay with dad. #3 move in with
dad as well. #4 in net breeder like previous batches, until #5.

#5: batch 2 stays where they are, until sold to LFS. #3 females move with mom, males stay with dad. #4 moves in with dad and other males. #5 moves into net breeder in the female 10 gal.

   *number 6 should be last batch from insemination*

 #6: #2 should be out of house and in with new owners. #3 stays where they are until sold to LFS. #4 separated by gender. #5 moves in with dad. #6 goes into net breeder.

  i know you are thinking, "what? the male should be fine in there with her.", but my fish are a little bit...different. since they are the only 2 in the 10 gal, they have grown a little attached to each other. i was reading over a post today with all of the birthing signs on it, and on that list was "begins to drift away from the others and hides in plants.".

  that's when it hit me. if the male never leaves her side, the way he always does, how can she be alone? whenever he doesn't know where she is, he'll swim around like a deranged monkey until he finds her.