QUICK advice please

[vantgE]

I am going away for five days tomorrow morning but have a female elongatus in her own ten gallon are tank right now. She has been holding for aver three weeks now and as far as I can tell has not let any go. Like I said I will be gone for five days she will not be fed dureing this time and I would rather have these fish uneaten after she spits she will be returned to the store (I am getting rid of all except one of the elongatus and johanni-with breeding groups of Lombardoi and caeruleus + various other single specimens), so this is my last chance to raise some elongatus.
Should I strip her considering I don't want to, my attempt at venting previuosly was awful, and I will not be able to surpervise her in another tank -(my last lombardoi died after being returned)?
Or should I I let her be considering I want the fry to survive and this will be my only chance to grow some elongatus?


Also any good links or info on stripping would be helpful

 

[keane]

Hi,

Can't answer your question on whether to strip or not, although personally I would leave her be and let things happen naturally.

This is an article on stripping that I came across not long ago: -

http/www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/stripping_fry.php

Quite old I know but seems very informative.

HTH

steve.

 

[freddyk]

Unless you have some sort of need to guarantee the raising of these fry I'd leave it, but stripping is easy to do - just do it carefully.

 

[vantgE]

So I'll be leaveing her then, see you all in five days

 

[gixer]

So I'll be leaveing her then, see you all in five days

personally i would strip.

mum will be hungry if she spits while your away and eat as many as she can

but then you have the dilemma of feeing the fry numerous times a day anyway

 

[vantgE]

UPDATE


As I mentioned I didn't strip, and luckily the trip was cut short a few days and the fry had only been spit for about a day. And there are plenty of fry left if she had eaten any