Fishbone
08-06-2009, 09:11 PM
Ok so I'm new to this please bear with me. Just had my cichlids for a month (bought cycled used tank, and a bunch of cichlids). After a week or 2 some of the males started to vibrate ;)
We just noticed in the last couple of days a couple of the pale yellow 3" and 4" Red Zebras hiding more, and just today noticed what looks like eggs in the 3" and 4" zebra. BTW I thought males were pale yellow and females were bright orange? Anyway this one is pale yellow and has 5 egg spots on the anal fin.
Can anyone help diagnosing if its possibly holding?
If so any advice on what to do next? When to try to catch her and get the fry out etc?
Do I need to separate them into a separate tank? Or will they be ok with a large springeri mat to hide in? I'm not in the business to breed these, but I would like to give them a fighting chance - the strong and smart will survive.
Here is the profile pic of the 4" one (3" one is hiding more) and also some pics of whats in her mouth. Sorry for the quality of the pics, Used a very narrow depth lense to try to get a close in shot of the mouth.
From the other zebra fry thread that had 28 fry I would expect the eggs to look small. The objects in th mouth look larger and can't possibly see how there can be even more than 4 or 5 in there.
We just noticed in the last couple of days a couple of the pale yellow 3" and 4" Red Zebras hiding more, and just today noticed what looks like eggs in the 3" and 4" zebra. BTW I thought males were pale yellow and females were bright orange? Anyway this one is pale yellow and has 5 egg spots on the anal fin.
Can anyone help diagnosing if its possibly holding?
If so any advice on what to do next? When to try to catch her and get the fry out etc?
Do I need to separate them into a separate tank? Or will they be ok with a large springeri mat to hide in? I'm not in the business to breed these, but I would like to give them a fighting chance - the strong and smart will survive.
Here is the profile pic of the 4" one (3" one is hiding more) and also some pics of whats in her mouth. Sorry for the quality of the pics, Used a very narrow depth lense to try to get a close in shot of the mouth.
From the other zebra fry thread that had 28 fry I would expect the eggs to look small. The objects in th mouth look larger and can't possibly see how there can be even more than 4 or 5 in there.