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E · 03-07-2005, 10:21 PM

If no fish in your tank is eating, DONT FEED IT. Mouthbrooders often don't eat for weeks when carring. Give her lots of cover, so she will feel secure to release them. Live or frozen brine shrimp are more tempting than anything dry, but don't feed her until she lets out the babies and comes up looking for food. Cichlid breediers often put a brooding mother in a 10 gallon tank, but only until she release her fry. The smallest tank I would breed mouthbrooders in is a 29 gallon. This works for small victorian haps, or young P. Salousi. The key is to have only one male and to remove brooding mothers to another tanks.

03-07-2005, 10:21 PM	#18
E Fishy Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 19	Re: Help! My african cichlid had babies in my 10 gallon tank.. and I think she has ICH If no fish in your tank is eating, DONT FEED IT. Mouthbrooders often don't eat for weeks when carring. Give her lots of cover, so she will feel secure to release them. Live or frozen brine shrimp are more tempting than anything dry, but don't feed her until she lets out the babies and comes up looking for food. Cichlid breediers often put a brooding mother in a 10 gallon tank, but only until she release her fry. The smallest tank I would breed mouthbrooders in is a 29 gallon. This works for small victorian haps, or young P. Salousi. The key is to have only one male and to remove brooding mothers to another tanks.