beckyboo Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 the old mans eletric yellows have umm done thier thing in the community tank (guppies, platties, bns, angels, tetras, swordies, danios and gouramies) the female is now holding. what should we do with her? werent expecting this to happen but it has and we dont know anything about mouth brooders. can someone help us out? shes not eating and shes hiding lots in the plants which i take is normal. will she be ok to stay in the community tank? any help would be appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elusive_fish Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 There are a lot more experienced people in here to further answer this question, but my 2c is that they are more than fine to stay in your community tank.... they often have to stick it out without eating for 20 days with much more boistrous/aggressive fish than that! With tank mates like those, I'd probably not even strip the fry later... just let her spit. You'll be surprised at how big and resourceful little mbuna fry are right from the mouth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 if you leave her she should be fine, how big is the tank? She will spit them around 25 days from spawning depending on temp & water conditions. how big are the yellows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beckyboo Posted October 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 male is roughly 7cm long and female a bit smaller at about 4-5cm long. temp is around bout 26 and i pressume the water conditions must be pretty good otherwise i dont think they would have bred. how big will the babies be when she spits them out? thanks for all your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beckyboo Posted October 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 oh and tank is a 290lt i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 Sounds like some good advice offered, you can leave her to spit and with plenty of hiding places then the fry have a good chance of survival.. If you want a better chance then strip her between 2 and 3 weeks of holding. I do also have to say that electric yellows are not typically all that good in community type tanks and you may have issues when they grow of them eating the guppies or neons or anything that will fit in their mouths.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beckyboo Posted October 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 thanks for the advice ryan. not to keen on stripping her at this stage (scared i might hurt her.) we are aware that eventually we might have to move the yellows cos they could get nasty. bought them when they were only wee fellas so am hoping they have grown up with very little violence and they turn into placid fish. we actually have more problems with the 3 angels we have. (2 males, 1 female) the female is very nasty and attacks both males plus everything else in the tank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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