How long will she hold fry??

Georgia Peach · 04-18-2006, 07:15 PM

Both of my yellow labs are still holding! I can see little fishie eyes trying to poke out - LOL - how long do they usually hold them??

conaquavict · 04-18-2006, 08:10 PM

Usually for about 3 weeks. The number of fry is generally quite small, with young females producing around 8-10 fry and older more experienced Labs producing around 30 or so fry.

Georgia Peach · 04-19-2006, 03:36 AM

its been since March 28th so its about time for her to let them loose then!

**Osiris** · 04-19-2006, 02:52 PM

Peach, i forgot to reply to this. I had already thought they would be born! That is a very long time holding. Here's what i would do.

Put that container in the tank that i sent...

Get few q-tips. And a towel, and Net.

wait until the fish are pretty restless, sleeping. Take q-tip and stick both cotten ends into the water to get them wet. Then, with the net catch one of the females, while she's in the net grab her with the other hand.

Using the Q-tip cotten, gentle put it to her mouth, on her lower jaw, it will catch on her teeth, open her mouth with her head dipped in the holding container, and the fry will swim out into the container, do it until you dont see anymore fry, if you can hold the female completely in the container and make sure hang onto her, she will go after and eat the fry if their loose.

Then put her back in the tank and do the same thing with the other one. This way you have best option of salvaging the fry.

Georgia Peach · 04-19-2006, 03:05 PM

hmmm, okay... today makes 3 weeks since I noticed her holding - should I try to do that today or wait a day or two to see if she lets them loose??

**Osiris** · 04-19-2006, 03:08 PM

I would do it today, tonite, when go to sleep, chances are she's going to spit very soon, and moment their out of her mouth, they get eaten up by the others or after she's done spitting she begins to eat them..

Georgia Peach · 04-19-2006, 03:14 PM

ok! thanks for the info - Ill get my stuff ready..

blcknwitecuban · 04-19-2006, 04:32 PM

So.... What happened?

**Osiris** · 04-19-2006, 04:44 PM

She has to wait til tonite to do it lol.

Georgia Peach · 04-19-2006, 06:33 PM

OMG, I tried right after I logged off! dang fish!!! LMAO

Ill try again tonight - Im probably gonna have to take out all my rocks to get'em - they are quick little boggers.. hehehhehe

**Cichlid Man** · 04-20-2006, 06:04 AM

I always remove the mothers from the main tank and place them in a smaller one by themselves so that they can release them in their own time. I've never had a malawi mother eat her own babies, even though the mother always virtually starves herself in the proccess of brooding.

04-18-2006, 07:15 PM	#1
Georgia Peach Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gray, Georgia Age: 42 Posts: 1,610	How long will she hold fry?? Both of my yellow labs are still holding! I can see little fishie eyes trying to poke out - LOL - how long do they usually hold them?? __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Cichlids have more personality than most people I know !*

04-18-2006, 08:10 PM	#2
conaquavict Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 27 Posts: 33	Usually for about 3 weeks. The number of fry is generally quite small, with young females producing around 8-10 fry and older more experienced Labs producing around 30 or so fry. __________________ The Friendly Fish keeping Forum!

04-19-2006, 03:36 AM	#3
Georgia Peach Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gray, Georgia Age: 42 Posts: 1,610	its been since March 28th so its about time for her to let them loose then! __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Cichlids have more personality than most people I know !*

04-19-2006, 02:52 PM	#4
Osiris Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 25 Posts: 3,714	Peach, i forgot to reply to this. I had already thought they would be born! That is a very long time holding. Here's what i would do. Put that container in the tank that i sent... Get few q-tips. And a towel, and Net. wait until the fish are pretty restless, sleeping. Take q-tip and stick both cotten ends into the water to get them wet. Then, with the net catch one of the females, while she's in the net grab her with the other hand. Using the Q-tip cotten, gentle put it to her mouth, on her lower jaw, it will catch on her teeth, open her mouth with her head dipped in the holding container, and the fry will swim out into the container, do it until you dont see anymore fry, if you can hold the female completely in the container and make sure hang onto her, she will go after and eat the fry if their loose. Then put her back in the tank and do the same thing with the other one. This way you have best option of salvaging the fry. __________________ Reality is for people who can't handle Science-Fiction

04-19-2006, 03:05 PM	#5
Georgia Peach Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gray, Georgia Age: 42 Posts: 1,610	hmmm, okay... today makes 3 weeks since I noticed her holding - should I try to do that today or wait a day or two to see if she lets them loose?? __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Cichlids have more personality than most people I know !*

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04-19-2006, 03:08 PM	#6
Osiris Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 25 Posts: 3,714	I would do it today, tonite, when go to sleep, chances are she's going to spit very soon, and moment their out of her mouth, they get eaten up by the others or after she's done spitting she begins to eat them.. __________________ Reality is for people who can't handle Science-Fiction

04-19-2006, 03:14 PM	#7
Georgia Peach Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gray, Georgia Age: 42 Posts: 1,610	ok! thanks for the info - Ill get my stuff ready.. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Cichlids have more personality than most people I know !*

04-19-2006, 04:32 PM	#8
blcknwitecuban SuperCowMonkeyShiner Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 17 Posts: 496	So.... What happened?

04-19-2006, 04:44 PM	#9
Osiris Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 25 Posts: 3,714	She has to wait til tonite to do it lol. __________________ Reality is for people who can't handle Science-Fiction

04-19-2006, 06:33 PM	#10
Georgia Peach Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gray, Georgia Age: 42 Posts: 1,610	OMG, I tried right after I logged off! dang fish!!! LMAO Ill try again tonight - Im probably gonna have to take out all my rocks to get'em - they are quick little boggers.. hehehhehe __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Cichlids have more personality than most people I know !*

04-20-2006, 06:04 AM	#11
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,100	I always remove the mothers from the main tank and place them in a smaller one by themselves so that they can release them in their own time. I've never had a malawi mother eat her own babies, even though the mother always virtually starves herself in the proccess of brooding. __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

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