Blue cobalt holding?

[phoneman111]

please forgive my lack of breeding knowledge......

i have a Maylandia callainos that is holding in Mixed African tank. looks like yellow eggs in her mouth.at what point should i remove her from the community.i would like to preserve as many fry as possible.can i move the male as well.or will moving her/them interupt the love makin.

 

[tarheels910]

If it is a community tank, then the fry are most likely hybrids. Leave her in the tank and let them be eaten. Do not sell hybrids, only purebred fish.

 

[kay-bee]

If it is a community tank, then the fry are most likely hybrids.....

Now that all depends...but you're absolutely correct if there are no male cobalt blue zebras in the same tank.

Phoneman111, what mbuna's (species and quantity) do you have in your tank, as well as your m. callainos sex ratio?

 

[tarheels910]

When he says community, I think he is talking about all different species.

If the male is also a cobalt, go ahead and raise the fry.

 

[phoneman111]

as i stated in my plea for help please forgive my lack of breeding knowledge......
when i say community .......i have
3 female Callainos
1 male callainos
3 female electric yellow
1 male electric yellow
3 female Ps. elongatus sunburst
1 male Ps. elongatus sunburst

in a custom 100g. a little crowded but hardly no aggression even with the Ps.

is this a "Professional only" site.

 

[tarheels910]

Not overcrowed at all. You could double, almost triple you stock and not have problems. Just make sure you have good filtration.

Since there is a good diversity in the species, I would say the cobalt is the father. I would go ahead and raise the fry.

 

[silentskream]

yeah you could probably double that.

but anyway.. i wouldn't pull her out of the tank. just leave her. they'll come out when they're ready. you may want to have a tank ready to put the fry in though after they're free swimming.

 

[kay-bee]

If you want to preserve as many fry as possible you could relocate the mother to a separate maturnity/grow-out tank at about the 14 day mark. They usually release fry after 18-21, give or take several days depending on variables. It's much easier to have them released in a separate smaller tank than try to catch them all in a 100gal.

As mentioned you could double (or more than double) the current population in your tank. (Either add more mbuna's, or leave things as they are and add the zebra fry when they're big enough not to get eaten by the fish in the tank).

 

[phoneman111]

thanks for the help you guys help. LOL i'm a master breeder now lol
Kay - bee great info