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One of my bembas has been holiding for a really long time, 6 weeks at least. What are the chances of the fry growing too big for her to be able to spit them or it out?
T. Bemba holding need advice please...
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Nil. But really? 6 weeks? You may as well strip her; she's probably way too stressed to spit them on her own.
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Thank you for the quick response. I'm really trying to avoid stripping her, I will have to tear the tank apart to catch her (not to mention I've never stripped a fish before)... I'll give it a couple more days, if I really need to I'll go in after her.
The reason I ask is because when I feed the tank I see her eat, and the fry have lost their yolk sac by now which makes me think they are eating what she takes in and therefore growing in her mouth...
The reason I ask is because when I feed the tank I see her eat, and the fry have lost their yolk sac by now which makes me think they are eating what she takes in and therefore growing in her mouth...
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She'll be fine. I had a bemba hold for over 6 weeks. Fry were few and huge, but everyone was in good health. To be honest, she will probably drop the fry when you get her into a net. But like you said, give it a couple of days.
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Thank you Northshore, I feel better hearing that from you.
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She is still holding, it has to be at least two mnonths! Its an experiment now...
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She finally spit'em out! Not sure how many I saw 1 for sure...
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Lol, congrats on being so patient!
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Congrats! :dancing:
I got my Bembas from a guy who took my 40 out of a 75 gallon tank, and you couldn't even tell. Mine started breeding like that, as well. Why didn't I keep them? Give them lots of hiding places and you will be overrun before too long! In fact, you will have so many holding females, you won't be able to keep track of how long they hold, because you won't be able to tell them apart!
I got my Bembas from a guy who took my 40 out of a 75 gallon tank, and you couldn't even tell. Mine started breeding like that, as well. Why didn't I keep them? Give them lots of hiding places and you will be overrun before too long! In fact, you will have so many holding females, you won't be able to keep track of how long they hold, because you won't be able to tell them apart!
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I'm already overrun with fry. My group of 1m/5f have breeding nonstop ever since I moved them to a 5' 100 gallon. One of the females spawned yesterday. There has to be at least 25-30 fry in there. 
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Thank you. I'm going to Tahoe for the weekend, I was going to net her if she was still holding when I got back.NorthShore said:
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