she is holding again. . .

[AquariumNoob13]

that's right! my beautiful snow white socolofi is holding again! unfortunately i don't have the 75gal ready yet so she is terrorizing my other fish. after two weeks if she is still holding i am going to try and strip the eggs. any advice on best method of doing that? i got that you hold her and have only her head in the water pointed down into the fry net, but after that i'm clueless as what to do. . . ?

 

[AquariumNoob13]

i'm such a terrible person! she was attacking all of my fish so i put her in a breeder net and she was attacking that, so i stripped the eggs just now! i got 4 yellow tear shaped things now in my breeder net. will they hatch since they are no longer with their mother?

 

[Coler]

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/stripping_fry.php

i like this article

 

[AquariumNoob13]

". . . you will need to raise the eggs in a tumbler, otherwise they will succumb to egg rot."

what is a tumbler?

 

[Coler]

sorry mate - meant to give you this one too : http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/tumbling_eggs.php

it basically means simulating what a mother mbuna would do to them by wafting water over them with her fins, to prevent decomposition & fungus etc.

 

[AquariumNoob13]

alright. idk wut happened, but the eggs are gone. . . if i put the female in a breeder net can she survive?

 

[ibr3ak]

How big is the breeder? You can isolate the holding female closer to when she releases the fry, usually around 2.5-3 weeks.

 

[kmail5776]

alright. idk wut happened, but the eggs are gone. . . if i put the female in a breeder net can she survive?

I learned from my cichlid club that if you leave the eggs in a breeder net in the tank with the fish, that the fish will actually suck the eggs thru the net. Sorry for your loss.

 

[AquariumNoob13]

seriously?!?! that's crazy! dang! that so sucks! since she only released 4 she still probably is holding some right?

 

[ibr3ak]

Yea she probably is. Is she eating? does she still have a bulge?