They look quite young... I don't think they're the same spawn though. Likely the other batch died or were eaten, and the parents spawned again. The presence of the parents may also have something to do with it.

 

Are we talking ten days from spawning, or from hatching? If that is from spawning, it's not too bad, but if it's from hatching, that is a bit long. What is the temperature in the tank? Low temps will slow development, sometimes results in losing the fry. They look like they should be popping loose any time, though.

 

They are all from the same clutch. They are at 10 days from laying and the temp is at 77˚F. They have started to break free and swim, especially when I add fresh hatched brine shrimp, but the parents still try and round them up and put them back on the leaves. Fewer and fewer fry are sticking and I'm hoping the parents mellow out in a day or so.
Thanks,
Phil

 

that all looks and sounds perfectly normal, as the first few fry begin to leave the leaf and swim the parents catch them and spit them back the same as they do with any that fall off, I would guess that by the time you read this the whole batch of fry will be free swimming, I am not sure what makes one poster think that they may be a different batch from the original though?

 

The low temp dragged the process out.

 

My bad. For some reason I thought I still saw the yolk attached to the fry.

 

Hey Patton,

You have some great pics of your fish! Can you update us on how the fry are doing? I, for one, am quite curious to see how it's turned out for you..