Breeding Question On Pecocks

[Cucuy]

ok i have a bunch of lil fish that just came out their egg but they arent moving any more and just bin laying at the bottom of my 10g take for a day now are they dead?
and i have an other female with eggs in her mouth what should i do to make sure the babys stay alive and grow?

 

[dthoffsett]

ok i have a bunch of lil fish that just came out their egg but they arent moving any more and just bin laying at the bottom of my 10g take for a day now are they dead?

Do you mean they were recently spit (released by the female), or were you tumbling the eggs? Have they completely absorbed their egg sacks? Newly released fry tend to hover in place, but you should be seeing some movement.


and i have an other female with eggs in her mouth what should i do to make sure the babys stay alive and grow?

Here's a great link on breeding and raising fry. [URL="http/www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/raising_fry.php"]http/www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/raising_fry.php[/URL]