Star™ wants to know:
I have a male and a female that lay eggs what is the best way to raise them without them dying i already have all the fish out of the tank can someone give me a little help.
I have a male and a female that lay eggs what is the best way to raise them without them dying i already have all the fish out of the tank can someone give me a little help.
October 14th, 2009 at 7:17 am
i think the parents are suppose to do that i had some cichlids they had babies but it died
October 15th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
Love them and pet them and squeeze them.
October 18th, 2009 at 1:32 am
keep them seperate from the parents
October 20th, 2009 at 1:55 am
If yours is a community tank which means you have many other different species of cichlids living together, you shouldnt have moved the other cichlids.
Most cichlids are mouth breeders meaning they will actually hatch the eggs in the female fish mouth. Since yours lays eggs, if it is in a community tank, you are actually endangering the other fishes by taking them out of the tank as the water condition and temperature might be different resulting in white spots and cloudy eye in your other fishes.
My advice is identify the breeding pair and take them out and rear them seperately. They will breed again as cichlids are quite fertile :-).
No special care required. Just let the mother take care of the fries. Good Luck
October 21st, 2009 at 9:16 pm
just leave the adults alone, they will raise the fry
get some food for the babies and keep the tank
real clean
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March 2nd, 2010 at 1:47 pm
I have chiclids and they have 10 babies I moved them in a tank with the mom and dad and they are doing very well and the mom has already laid more eggs dont know what I will do with all of them yet .