Today i notice another one of my african cichlids w/ fry ( i think) in it's mouth. I just took one out yesterday w/ fry in it's mouth and put it a 10 gallon tank. Should I put this one in the same tank ? This is the first time i have had any fry so I am new to this.
Another one with Fry
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Today i notice another one of my african cichlids w/ fry ( i think) in it's mouth. I just took one out yesterday w/ fry in it's mouth and put it a 10 gallon tank. Should I put this one in the same tank ? This is the first time i have had any fry so I am new to this.
A common practice with african cichlids is to "strip" the female of the fry after several weeks of incubation, when they are free swimming. You can find plenty of info about how to do that through google. Feed the babies baby brine shrimp. Don't put the two females together btw, lol. You can put the fry together in that 10 gallon though.
After 2-3 weeks try and grab the eggs from the females mouth and hatch them in a 10G. The females will be fine, then just raise the babies as per normal.
Do be sure to check on the amount of time that specific species carries, stripping too soon can be bad, and more to deal with