A baby!!!?????

[Crystina J]

[Fish Keeper]

you can do a couple of things....
as a new mother you could catch the baby and put it in a net breeder
that hangs inside the tank until it gets a little bigger or you could
just leave it alone and there is a possibility that it will survive on
its own (if the baby has grown a little it has a better chance of not
being eaten).
in the wild the babies learn to hide and survive leaving the best of the
best.
good luck with your new baby......you might have more hiding in the
tank.

[Rich]

I left mine in the tank. They would feed off of the little scraps
that fell their way, and they always grew up to be big strong
independent cichlids.... I would leave them.


Rich


On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 19:19:21 -0800 (PST),
(Crystina J) wrote:

>HELP!!! OK Heres the deal have a 55 gal.About 4 months ago I bought a
>bunch of African Cichlids because there beautiful colors attracted me! I
>have 2 bumble bees, a cobalt zebra, an orangy one & 2 different kind of
>Albino. Anyways yesterday noticed I have a baby in the tank!!! I have
>no idea how long hes been there.. he still fairly small. He stays under
>a rock decoration in the tank. Now my questions are..
>1. Will he survive in he tank?
>2. Were there more babies they got eaten?
>3. What do do to help this little guy survive?
>Am I going to have to buy another tank? :{
> HELP!!!!!! Any Advice?
> A concerned fishie momma!!!!!!!!!

[Crystina J]

[Spindoctor]

On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 19:19:21 -0800 (PST),
(Crystina J) wrote:

>HELP!!! OK Heres the deal have a 55 gal.About 4 months ago I bought a
>bunch of African Cichlids because there beautiful colors attracted me! I
>have 2 bumble bees, a cobalt zebra, an orangy one & 2 different kind of
>Albino. Anyways yesterday noticed I have a baby in the tank!!! I have
>no idea how long hes been there.. he still fairly small. He stays under
>a rock decoration in the tank. Now my questions are..
>1. Will he survive in he tank?
>2. Were there more babies they got eaten?
>3. What do do to help this little guy survive?
>Am I going to have to buy another tank? :{
> HELP!!!!!! Any Advice?
> A concerned fishie momma!!!!!!!!!

The advice I got from my local shop where the owner is into cichlids
is to buy a couple of predators

It was he said a good way to stop cross breeding!

Brian

[Crystina J]