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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Cichlids / November 2005Geophagus Stripping
My new mother G. steindacheri has been holding for nearly a week i water in the mid to upper seventies. (Spawning trigged by blackworms. She is looking a little thin. Should I strip her, or let her raise th babies? I am all for the natural, old fashioned way of letting her d it, as I am not planning on selling the babies, but I do not want he to get sick. I would like to keep the babies for fun, however, so I d not want to throw them away. (I have tanks with plants for refuge and quarantine tank with a sponge uplift, but I do not want to keep eggs i it, only fry.) Has anyone got a success story for me? Thanks! Mor -- Miss_Morg I've had more success after the fry has become free swimming. Brad : My new mother G. steindacheri has been holding for nearly a week in : water in the mid to upper seventies. (Spawning trigged by blackworms.) [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] : Thanks! : Morg I stripped her a few days ago (before I got this reply) and took abou 2/3 of her brood. The remainder I let het keep. The fry lasted a wee or so, then died (got sucked up to the filter/stuck in the algae). Sh spat out the rest of her fry in the main tank almost a week after stripped her and the other fish ate them. I intend to separate her i a small holding tank with a sponge filter and food for the babies whe she spawns again. I will take Brad's advice and let her do the dirt work. I had no idea they could hold so many babies in their mouths -- Miss_Morg I also use a plastic guppy trap with the ends covered. I use filter bags cut to shape and secured with rubberbands. other fish in the nursery tank will "hit" on the sides of the trap and take the small fry through the slits (see photo next post). I have also placed the mother mouthbrooder in the trap itself because of overaggressive males that try to spawn again with them. I currently have two pairs of convicts and a pair of nice Dempsey's spawning in my 55 gal and over 200 assorted fry in my 40 gal. Over the years I have had many types spawn, conpressiseps, arattus, Kribs, discus, bachardis and may others I trade for credit at the LFS and it has, at times, become a self funding hobby. Brad : I stripped her a few days ago (before I got this reply) and took about : 2/3 of her brood. The remainder I let het keep. The fry lasted a week [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] : : I had no idea they could hold so many babies in their mouths! |
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