Billaney Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 Hi Guys I have an electric yellow that we noticed yesterday is holding , i can see into its mouth and there are eggs inside , my question is what to do next, should i put her in a holding tank until the eggs hatch then strip her or leave her with the others till i see the fry have hatched or what ? , would really like to save as many fry as possable but have very limited experiance with mouth brooders. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi_man Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 leave her for 10days and then put her in a holding tank then they will be hatched so it wont matter if she spits them out you can just raise them in a container. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoandWilly Posted March 28, 2006 Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 I always laeve ours in the tank untill the 2 week mark then strip her and at about the 16 day mark they start feeding on bbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billaney Posted March 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2006 Thanks guys , i'll keep my eye on them then transfer into a large breeding net in there own tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neill Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 hi I transfer the female after 14 days to a seperate tank and wait for her to spit them out. I have stripped the fish but not really my cup of tea. I wouldn't recommend a net trap for the fry in the same tank as the adult fish because they will try and suck them through the net and you may lose all your fry. Neill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoandWilly Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 If you do transfer them into a breeding net in the tank with the adults put a thin layer of sand or gravel on the bottom so they can't eat them. If i had a spare tank to transfer the female to i would but on the other hand letting them hold for to long can wear the female out causing problems.... exspecially with the ones that dont even like to spit them out after a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Or you can make your own floating fry trap. Ice cream container, craft knife, some mesh, silicone & poly... Anyone keen?? I will try & find link, or will post up how it is made. Found it, gee that took me a while :lol: http://www.sydneycichlid.com/old_scp/frytank.html Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickyboi Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 from my exp its best to remove them straight away into a cycled tank. The reason being that if you have any agro cichlids in there they will pick on her and I have had two fish now die while holding due to bullying. I now remove them straight away and they carry full term then spit em free swimming. just my 2c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi_man Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 in my 800litre tank taking all the rocks out for catching the females is a big job so i generally leave the female that breeds first for as long as i can before catching her and all the other ones that have bred. normally get about 5 batches of fry ever 3 weeks maybe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Sorry for brancing of topic, 800lt tank with Cichlids *drools That would be a nice tank to see. What do you have in there? Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRSkz Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 That would be something. To bad my floor wouldn't take it lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi_man Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 look in the freshwater memberstank section under 800litre tank "kribkrazy" needs to be updated again though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 shall do, especially seeing as I am on mates set up. Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi_man Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 mates set up??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billaney Posted March 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Update : I thought today was the day to strip her so i emptied the tank of caves so i did not have to chase her too much and her swollow the babies and stripped her into a hard plastic breeding box, she spat 15 babies which i thought was pretty good for a young mom only 6cm herself, her mouth was bulging. The babies still have a bit of there egg sack left ( maybe i was a bit early ) so i won't feed for now but was wondering will microworms be ok for there first food then finely crushed flake ? Thanks for all the advice everyone a great help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi_man Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 mine take crushed bs flake or spirulina powder straight away, how big are the eggs sacks are they like way bigger than the fish or like just a big tummy?? if tghe eggs sack is way bigger than the fish you need an air stone for lots of water movement but not too much because it will rupture the eggs sacks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Will someone please explain the "birds & bees" to me about mouth breeders? Also, how do you strip them? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billaney Posted March 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Will someone please explain the "birds & bees" to me about mouth breeders? Also, how do you strip them? Thanks here's a good referance for stripping fry , hope it helps http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/stripping_fry.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Excellent Info Paul. I found this very interesting, as they say "you learn something new everyday". Lynda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Yes, that was excellent article...thanks Is the picture in the article a female holding her eggs? :oops: :oops: How do they get there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi_man Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 the female picks up the eggs during spawning and get a mouthful of "stuf" to fertilies them :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Thanks Kribkrazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neill Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 I use micro worms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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