when should I strip electric blue of eggs?

[Andre D]

Hi,

My electric blue's bred last friday and I was wondering when it would be a good time to strip the mother of
the fry?

Do electric blues look after their fry upon birth?


What about the timeframe for peacocks?

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On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 14:59:17 +1000, Andre D > wrote:

>Hi,
>
>My electric blue's bred last friday and I was wondering when it would be a good time to strip the mother of
>the fry?
>
Never.
>Do electric blues look after their fry upon birth?
Not if you strip them first.
>
>
>What about the timeframe for peacocks?
>
Never.

Almost all mouthbrooders will raise fry without stripping them.


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On Sat, 05 Jul 2003 12:13:34 +1000, Andre > wrote:

>Yes but I dont have a seperate tank to grow them up in so I want to
>strip them and put them into a floating hatchery.
>

I think you will have problems stripping her and using a floating
hatchery for the fry. A better approach would be to split the tank
into two sections and make sure she is in one section by herself to
brood the fry. Sooner or later you will need more tank space.

>At how many days are they heads and tails and when are they free swimming?
>
>

Visible yolk sacs for about 15 days but the female will continue to
brood them for about 20 days. She will then look after them for
another few days


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[Andre D]

Maybe I should explain a bit further.

When I bought the female she already had eggs in her mouth. Obviously when the LFS guy netted her out of the
tank for me to take home, she spat out all the fry in her mouth. At this stage they were all free swimming.

I brought them home and put the female in the tank, and the fry in the floating hatchery.

About a month later I introduced the fry to the tank, and it seem the other fish dont really care about them
much, because they hide around in the top half of the tank.

The female has now bred agin with a male from my tank.
Im hoping to do the same with these eggs in her mouth.I just wanted to know when I should strip her.

Thanks for all your help.



wrote:
> On Sat, 05 Jul 2003 12:13:34 +1000, Andre > wrote:
>
>
>>Yes but I dont have a seperate tank to grow them up in so I want to
>>strip them and put them into a floating hatchery.
>>
>
>
> I think you will have problems stripping her and using a floating
> hatchery for the fry. A better approach would be to split the tank
> into two sections and make sure she is in one section by herself to
> brood the fry. Sooner or later you will need more tank space.
>
>
>>At how many days are they heads and tails and when are they free swimming?
>>
>>
>
>
> Visible yolk sacs for about 15 days but the female will continue to
> brood them for about 20 days. She will then look after them for
> another few days
>
>
> Steve
>

[Andre D]

I stripped the mother last night and got 20 fry out of her.

Of the 20, 2 were dead (is this normal?) and the 18 others are very healthy from what I can see.
The female is doing well too.

But damn it was hard to catch it with the net!!!!!!

Ive placed the babies in a floating hatchery and will probably introduce them into the tank in a month or so.



rmc wrote:
> "Andre D" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>Maybe I should explain a bit further.
>>
>>When I bought the female she already had eggs in her mouth.
>
> Obviously when the LFS guy netted her out of the
>
>>tank for me to take home, she spat out all the fry in her mouth. At
>
> this stage they were all free swimming.
>
>>I brought them home and put the female in the tank, and the fry in
>
> the floating hatchery.
>
>>About a month later I introduced the fry to the tank, and it seem
>
> the other fish dont really care about them
>
>>much, because they hide around in the top half of the tank.
>>
>>The female has now bred agin with a male from my tank.
>>Im hoping to do the same with these eggs in her mouth.I just wanted
>
> to know when I should strip her.
>
>>Thanks for all your help.
>>
>
>
>
> --
>
> If you wait until 14 days the fry should be developed enough to have a
> high survival rate. If you try to catch her before that she could
> spit the eggs or fry too soon. These fish are capable of holding 50+
> fry in their mouths. I hope you have planned for that scenario. If
> you don't have another tank to put the female and/or fry in, it
> doesn't sound like you are properly prepared. If you are not
> prepared, it would probably be best to just leave her alone and not
> create any more stress. A 10 or 20 gallon tank with just a heater and
> sponge filter is all you would need to put the female in but I would
> still wait for 10-14 days before moving her. Once she is in another
> tank, she and the fry will most likely be just fine.
>
> Mark
> http://www.cichliddomain.com
>
>
>