Advice needed urgently, pemba eggbound??

[smidey]

I have a colony of tropheus pembas, they are around 7cm & there has been a female holding for maybe the second time. today i notice there are two females holding, brilliant!

but i have noticed a possible problem, one of the females still has an egg sticking out of it's ovipositor, i can see approx 75% of the egg. Do i leave it or catch her & remove it? what are your thoughts?

[phoenix44]

I would leave it until perhaps this evening, and then catch her and see what you can do.

It'll most likely pop out as they do their thing during the day.

congrats on the spawn too

[smidey]

I would leave it until perhaps this evening, and then catch her and see what you can do.

It'll most likely pop out as they do their thing during the day.

congrats on the spawn too

thats what i was thinking, i think that is the sensible option for now. i will be checking on her periodically through the afternoon to see what happens. it may be a break in spawing, i have found that africans will often spawn for a short time & resume later on, often if they are disturbed they will start again later.

thanks, i hope they can produce fry this time. i am over being teased by them now. :lol:

[smidey]

i have just checked her & the egg has now gone.

[ryanjury]

Just keep an eye out, egg bound fish usually come right but sometimes get a bacterial infection, if she starts getting fat and looking sick then you will have to treat her with antibiotics to clear it up.