Lake Malawi Species • Holding female?

[Tinng321]

Is this fishing holding eggs? Is this a red zebra?

[jcover]

Yes it is holding. It looks like a Chindogo saulosi female to me. Not a red zebra.

[ironspider]

Definitely holding

[Tinng321]

Yes it is holding. It looks like a Chindogo saulosi female to me. Not a red zebra.

Thank you.

[Tinng321]

Definitely holding

Thank you.

[willyg1631]

looks like an Auratus beside your Chindogo saulosi. love the look of the Auratus but they seem to have a bad rep. How many do you have and any problems? Bill

[DJRansome]

Tinng321 has had a death in the tank which is being discussed now. Look for other threads on this.

[Tinng321]

looks like an Auratus beside your Chindogo saulosi. love the look of the Auratus but they seem to have a bad rep. How many do you have and any problems? Bill

I have about 6 or 7 Auratus. To be honest, they are not too bad. I have 1 demasoni now (2 died from sickness), 7 red zebras, 4 albino socolofi, 3 saulosi, 3 cobalt blue, 2 OB, 7 yellow labs, 2 ice blue, 3 small peacocks, 5 medium peacock, 1 medium hap, and 4 small haps. They get along pretty well. There is some aggression but very minimal.

[Tinng321]

looks like an Auratus beside your Chindogo saulosi. love the look of the Auratus but they seem to have a bad rep. How many do you have and any problems? Bill

Here are some photos. No problem so far. Hope it stays that way. I honestly think my demasoni died because my brother over fed them.

[DJRansome]

Overfeeding does not kill demasoni. IME they die from being harassed by tank mates and over time they become susceptible to stress related illnesses like bloat.

[Tinng321]

I have separated the holding female to a separate tank. When will she split out her young? Do I have to do water changes during the waiting period? If yes, how much and how often?

[DJRansome]

Females hold an average of 28 days. The holding tank should be just like the main tank with filtration, heat and weekly 50% water changes.

[willyg1631]

Thanks for the reply Tinng321- sorry about the demasoni, nice you have some new life starting out. Tank is excellent and stand looks like quality furniture. Bill

[Tinng321]

Is she still holding? I separated her to another tank a week ago and now it doesn’t look like she is holding anything.

[jcover]

to me it looks like she is still holding. You should be able to see the fry/eggs in the mouth if you look from the front.