SUCCESS!!! I used a combination of suggestions--took out the plants again, shifted rocks, took small net and 5 inch net, and corraled her into the big one!!!! And yes, a minimum amount of cursing did help!! I have 2 pitchers dedicated to the fish, so I popped her into the smaller one with some anacharis for cover. Then I checked the tank to make sure I had the right fish, and then looked in the pitcher--6 FRY!!! She's been holding them so long---wow!! They're about 1/4 inch long--mostly eyes. This is a first for me--it's always been horses; they're alot bigger lol.
So, she's in the 5g hospital tank with the snail, i put a layer of the 55g substrate, and some of the water with the cichlid salts in it. Covered waterfilter intake tube with stocking. And the conch shell--I correctly figured the babies might go straight for that
But momma's frantic, all alone, but I don't know who my baby daddy is, and fear any other fish would eat them and cause problems She's such a young mother--teen mom!! Gosh, I hope some survive. That would be sooo cool for my new students!! New school. Thanks so much everyone!!
POLOCROSSEPLYER: I got the 36" long "Giant Plant"--that one is adianthus or something like that,,and a bamboo leaf one--really nice, from PetSmart. At the store they're 15 bucks, on line 9!!! So in case you don't know, just find it on their website and print it off, and they'll honor the reduced price. I did a big order a while ago so just ordered them (free shipping!) BTW, how big a string do you keep?
:thm: :dive2: Thanks again!!!!!!!