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·Hi there, I'm new to this board, just thought I'd say a hello, and tell you about my cichlid keeping so far. I'm Joe, and I keep electric yellows, cobalt blues, and red zebra's. (before anyone says it, I did my research on the cobalt blue's, and have kept the ratio 3 females to one male!)
I've been keeping Cichlids for about 4 months now, and I've just had my first batch of fry!
Unfortunately I stressed the mother when moving her to a brooding tank I just set up, and she spat out 4 very young fry that were still mostly egg sacs. I managed to rescue two of these and put them in a tube with netting on the bottom, and set up an airstone to bubble underneath cos I've heard that they are at great risk of getting fungus infections etc if they are not kept in motion.
Well, it paid off, and the two survived! I thought that because the mother is a young fish (3 to 4months?) that there wouldn't be many left in her mouth, maybe another 4 at most.
To my shock she spat out the baby's about 2 weeks later, and there are now 18 of them!
How she managed to fit all those in her mouth is beyond me, is this a lot for a first time mother? Especially seeing as she isn't full grown?
The fry are all happy and free swimming, and have their own warmer tank to themselves.
One final question, one of my fish appears to have fin rot...I have medicated the tank with TetraMedica Fin Rot Treatment...but a bit worried it's not going to work...should the fish be removed to its own tank, can fin rot spread?
Cheers,
Joe
Pictures to follow...
I've been keeping Cichlids for about 4 months now, and I've just had my first batch of fry!
Unfortunately I stressed the mother when moving her to a brooding tank I just set up, and she spat out 4 very young fry that were still mostly egg sacs. I managed to rescue two of these and put them in a tube with netting on the bottom, and set up an airstone to bubble underneath cos I've heard that they are at great risk of getting fungus infections etc if they are not kept in motion.
Well, it paid off, and the two survived! I thought that because the mother is a young fish (3 to 4months?) that there wouldn't be many left in her mouth, maybe another 4 at most.
To my shock she spat out the baby's about 2 weeks later, and there are now 18 of them!
How she managed to fit all those in her mouth is beyond me, is this a lot for a first time mother? Especially seeing as she isn't full grown?
The fry are all happy and free swimming, and have their own warmer tank to themselves.
One final question, one of my fish appears to have fin rot...I have medicated the tank with TetraMedica Fin Rot Treatment...but a bit worried it's not going to work...should the fish be removed to its own tank, can fin rot spread?
Cheers,
Joe
Pictures to follow...