Well i just noticed this fish today, i assume its holding eggs. So now what do i do? lol
Do i just let it go and see what happens?
Do i just let it go and see what happens?
Yellow lab holding?
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Are you trying to raise fish or wanting to just enjoy your fish? If you want to just enjoy your fish, leave her alone to take care of her babies. Watch that she's not getting beat up by the other fish though.
If you want to give the babies a better chance of surviving, add some rubble piles to your tank. I used rocks about an inch in diameter. Several piles that are at least a couple layers deep. You will lose some fry to the other fish in the tank, but some will find their way to the rubble piles and they seem to understand that they are safe there. It's really fun to watch them grow up in the main tank.
Just keep in mind that crud will collect in the rubble piles and they are a little more challenging to keep clean. I used a piece of air line to siphon out the crud every now and then.
Have fun!
Lisa
If you want to give the babies a better chance of surviving, add some rubble piles to your tank. I used rocks about an inch in diameter. Several piles that are at least a couple layers deep. You will lose some fry to the other fish in the tank, but some will find their way to the rubble piles and they seem to understand that they are safe there. It's really fun to watch them grow up in the main tank.
Just keep in mind that crud will collect in the rubble piles and they are a little more challenging to keep clean. I used a piece of air line to siphon out the crud every now and then.
Have fun!
Lisa
+1 Wren
I just had 3 cichlids holding, 2 labs and a maingano. I decided to strip one lab after about 3 weeks, and let nature take its course with the other two.
In the end, 0 fry survived in the main tank, and I have about 10 fry growing up in my 20g tank.
It would be good to point out that I did not have any rubble piles in the main tank, and there are approx. 30 fish in it. Perhaps a rubble pile is the way to go, although I don't see a way to make it aesthetically pleasing, at least in my tank.
I just had 3 cichlids holding, 2 labs and a maingano. I decided to strip one lab after about 3 weeks, and let nature take its course with the other two.
In the end, 0 fry survived in the main tank, and I have about 10 fry growing up in my 20g tank.
It would be good to point out that I did not have any rubble piles in the main tank, and there are approx. 30 fish in it. Perhaps a rubble pile is the way to go, although I don't see a way to make it aesthetically pleasing, at least in my tank.
Adding small hiding spots will disrupt the tank the least, but also decrease the chances of fry survival.
Your best chance of fry survival is to strip the female. You need to be careful doing it and you will need an egg tumbler for the fry.
If you have a free tank(10 gallon with a sponge filter and heater should work fine) you can try separating the female and letting her spit the fry naturally. However she may eat the fry before they are released.
Your best chance of fry survival is to strip the female. You need to be careful doing it and you will need an egg tumbler for the fry.
If you have a free tank(10 gallon with a sponge filter and heater should work fine) you can try separating the female and letting her spit the fry naturally. However she may eat the fry before they are released.
if you wait long enough until the fry are free swimming you won't need a tumbler. Are there any advantages to stripping while they are still eggs?
I would guess at this point the eggs have hatched. However the fry take a while until they are free swimming. I think you still want something similar to egg tumbling for they fry before they are free swimming.
The only reason to strip eggs would be to maximize breeding production(but it takes the most work maintaining the eggs).
The only reason to strip eggs would be to maximize breeding production(but it takes the most work maintaining the eggs).
I have one female that is almost permanently holding in my tank. Despite the presence of a couple of monsters, there is always a few fry around, and quite a lot make it to juvenile size with no intervention from me at all (there is lots of rockwork in my tank).
It is pretty awesome to see the little fellers in there holding their own, that is apart from when one of the big 'uns swoops at the right time for a mouthful of fry.
It is pretty awesome to see the little fellers in there holding their own, that is apart from when one of the big 'uns swoops at the right time for a mouthful of fry.
Well the female was hiding and not looking so good, so decided to strip her.
I got 14 fry with their egg sacs still attached, ive got them in a breeder box with the output of my canister on them, the box is set back far enough that the current isnt too strong.
So are the chances of them suriving good? or did i take them out too soon?
I got 14 fry with their egg sacs still attached, ive got them in a breeder box with the output of my canister on them, the box is set back far enough that the current isnt too strong.
So are the chances of them suriving good? or did i take them out too soon?
I have stripped my melanochromis auratus, and they looked just like that, I put them in the breeder net and set my air stone so it would put only a small amount under the net then like every couple minutes it would gently rock back and forth to let the air out from under it. all 26 are still living..
