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I would let her complete the holding term now. Then I would remove her after she spits all the fry by herself.

You were lucky she didn't spit or swallow the eggs in the process of taking her out. Next time I would wait 15 to 18 days since holding eggs; so that if she spits, there will be mature fry that you may raise easily and she will not swallow them. Just my humble opinion.

You are welcome, Dino. I have seen a colony of almost 100 multies of different sizes in a 30gal tank. Keep the ratio of at least 3 shells per fish and follow Pittbull's advices. Your colony will be OK for a very long time.

I agree with Pitt. Just let the colony grow, you can have tons of them in that tank. As the colony grows, I would add more normal sized escargot shells in the tank.

I would like to see a pic first if possible, before giving an opinion. I knew a guy who had a male German Red Peacock that held eggs 2 times in a row.

You are right, Pitt. My 55gal Malawi tank has been running with an AC 110 for almost 5 years now and it is the best filter you can buy, IMO.

I totally agree.

Very nice C. afra juveniles!

Cool! And this one is an exotic little beauty from Malawi.

Awesome looking male!

Cute little fish, my friend Pitt (now the Mbuna Man)!

Welcome back. Great pics as always. Don't worry; I have been lost for a while, too.

Yellow labs are well known snail eaters; so, keep an eye on yours.

Very interesting!

Nice mix of fishes you have in that tank. Are the mentioned fishes Pseudotropheus johanni or Melanochromis johanni?

Thank you, Coler! Yeah, you are right, a plan B is necessary for this kind of setup... I had to use it before with a young peacock that turned out to be a female and created disputes among the males. I had to remove her. I do not have another large tank for peacocks, but many friends and fellow...

Nice! Continue your good work and let us see the final setup. If you are going to stack many rocks, you should put eggcrate in the bare bottom of the tank, lay the rocks on it and then add the sand.

Thanks for your comment, Neatfish! Well, I think a red zebra would be too aggressive for the fishes I have in this setup. In the future I think I will add more peacocks and leave only 6 yellow labs as mbunas. But for a while, the tank will be as it is now.

The multies will rearrange everything the way they want. Let them do so and do not upset their work if you want them to breed and create a colony. All seems as going well; we want to see pics when the tank is completed!

If the HOB filter is an AquaClear 110, one is enough with a bubble wall in the other side of the tank. That's what I have in my 55gal Malawi tank; for 4 1/2 years, no problems at all with that filtration.