Only when the little fish can feed themselves and finally leave the nest does the father relinquish his task and begin a new stage in his life. According to fish breeders, a single pair of paradise fish can produce as many as six broods in one breeding season. When the eggs hatch, the fry are only about one millimeter long. They do not begin to eat until they are three days old.
直到小魚能自己覓食，自然離去，公魚才放手展開另一階段的新生活。