Baby Mbuna...small Fry

[welly]

Please can someone advise...

My female cichlid has just had around 25 or so fry, she was carrying them around in her mouth and i only noticed this weekend. I bought a divider and placed her in there and within 10 mins she released all the fry from her mouth. Only thing now is i dont know what i should do now??

what should i feed the fry?
Should i place the mother back with the other fish or leave her with her fry?

Any other tips on how to look after them would be much appreciated,

Many thanks

Paul.

 

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Please can someone advise...

My female cichlid has just had around 25 or so fry, she was carrying them around in her mouth and i only noticed this weekend. I bought a divider and placed her in there and within 10 mins she released all the fry from her mouth. Only thing now is i dont know what i should do now??

what should i feed the fry?
Should i place the mother back with the other fish or leave her with her fry?

Any other tips on how to look after them would be much appreciated,

Many thanks

Paul.

You can move the female back to your main tank. Below is a great article on feeding and raising mbuna fry.
[URL="http/www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/raising_fry.php"]http/www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/raising_fry.php[/URL]

 

[fish are friends....]

feed the fry on baby bineshrimp. You should be able to get it from you local fish shop.

Crongats!

 

[welly]

Thanks guys,

I have placed the mother back with the rest of the fish and i have today bought some frozen brine shrimp (the cubes)

What do i do now? do i put a cube in frozen or defrost them??

Many thanks.

 

[WaterBender1995]

or you could have just crumbled up some flake real tiny and fed them that..

 

[sykogngsta]

You shoudl defrost them in some of the water from the tank, then put them in. (the frozen brine shrimp)