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Last night I was planning on taking the rocks out of my big tank to capture a holding zebra obliquidens and melanochromis exasperatus. I put the zebra obliquidens in a breeding compartment in my 10 and I moved 35 fry from her into another grow out tank to make room for these two. The exasperatus ate her eggs after a few days last time, she's been holding for a week this time and I put her loose in the 10. I'm going to let them both spit on their own. I want the exasperatus fry the most.
Before I touched the tanks, I saw my ob zebra female follow my red zebra male to a pit in the back of the tank, and start to spawn! They had to stop while the male fought off a syno cat, and chase away some other onlookers.
I've stripped fry but never eggs, but I built a couple egg tumblers and wanted to try them. I caught the OB female, got all the eggs (she's eating already) and put them in a tumbler. They're harder to get out than fry! Took me awhile.
Are the fry worth keeping? Are they considered hybrids? What will they look like? I want to try to hatch them and get them to eat, just for the experience, but I have no problem throwing them into the big tank if they're not worth keeping.
I should keep the females in the breeding tank separate, right?
Before I touched the tanks, I saw my ob zebra female follow my red zebra male to a pit in the back of the tank, and start to spawn! They had to stop while the male fought off a syno cat, and chase away some other onlookers.
I've stripped fry but never eggs, but I built a couple egg tumblers and wanted to try them. I caught the OB female, got all the eggs (she's eating already) and put them in a tumbler. They're harder to get out than fry! Took me awhile.
Are the fry worth keeping? Are they considered hybrids? What will they look like? I want to try to hatch them and get them to eat, just for the experience, but I have no problem throwing them into the big tank if they're not worth keeping.
I should keep the females in the breeding tank separate, right?