Cichla Xingu and Orino Spawn

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RuckusLV said:
Yep all is good so far. I got a bunch of wigglers hard to tell because they are in the gravel but looks to be about 100 or so babies. I am a bit concerned cause I have other predators in the tank and parents are fending off their rock aggressively. As soon they can swim I will net them out and put them in a 20 gallon that's waiting for them. I am hoping in a few more days.

Thanks all for the congrats.

Ruckus
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Get them out ASAP! You don't want them to get eaten!


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RuckusLV said:
Yep all is good so far. I got a bunch of wigglers hard to tell because they are in the gravel but looks to be about 100 or so babies. I am a bit concerned cause I have other predators in the tank and parents are fending off their rock aggressively. As soon they can swim I will net them out and put them in a 20 gallon that's waiting for them. I am hoping in a few more days.

Thanks all for the congrats.

Ruckus
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That's great to hear Ruckus. I'm not really a breeder, but would suggest making sure to have a sponge filter, airstone, and good flow in the 20g.

Not sure about netting them once they are free swimming, but a turkey baster may be easier, and if the parents have another spawn maybe removing the rock before the eggs start to wiggle.

I know there's lots of info from the experienced cichla owners who've had their monster breed, would be great if they chimed in!
 
WOW! Beautiful parents should make for nice unique offspring! Let's get this cichla hybrid thing going like the stingray gang are doing!
 
RuckusLV said:
Yep all is good so far. I got a bunch of wigglers hard to tell because they are in the gravel but looks to be about 100 or so babies. I am a bit concerned cause I have other predators in the tank and parents are fending off their rock aggressively. As soon they can swim I will net them out and put them in a 20 gallon that's waiting for them. I am hoping in a few more days.

Thanks all for the congrats.

Ruckus
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Good news and best of luck to ya!
Id pay for shipping on a few to growout.

Ps..nice piece in your avatar.
 
Yeah remove the fry to put in a grow out tank with a sponge filter.
 
hey congrats on the spawn, its very eye opening and fun to see these little guys grow to be as big as the mom and dad. I wouldn't call my self a expert because I'm only 15 and have a lot more to learn, but I think I'm pretty knowledgeable about the Cichla Breeding. My pair just produced my 5th batch of little fry, and the number 1 thing that I have learned, is never get ahead of your self and try selling before they reach required size (1in-2in). Because I hade about 200 wigglers and then when it became time to eat and swim and do what they need to do, I only have about 50 or so. Um another heads up is when you start feeding and as they grow, you will notice that there will be a big group, around 50+ then on another side of the tank you will get a couple that are left out, FEED ALL ON BOTH SIDES!!!!! Because usually those are the ones you want to keep, because I have notice from growing them that they will grow faster and end up with the better color. But as on feeding, get a turkey baster and defrost the frozen BBS or your live BBS into a small container, like a salsa bowl and use the Turkey Baster and suck up the BBS and slowly lower the Baster into the tank to where the fry are and slowly squeeze out the BBS into the area of the fry. But the number 1 rule that I learned was never get ahead of your self. But Please post pics, and videos. But I don't mean tell you what to do, or how to do thing, just giving ideas, and maybe they work for you too.
 
Joey822 said:
hey congrats on the spawn, its very eye opening and fun to see these little guys grow to be as big as the mom and dad. I wouldn't call my self a expert because I'm only 15 and have a lot more to learn, but I think I'm pretty knowledgeable about the Cichla Breeding. My pair just produced my 5th batch of little fry, and the number 1 thing that I have learned, is never get ahead of your self and try selling before they reach required size (1in-2in). Because I hade about 200 wigglers and then when it became time to eat and swim and do what they need to do, I only have about 50 or so. Um another heads up is when you start feeding and as they grow, you will notice that there will be a big group, around 50+ then on another side of the tank you will get a couple that are left out, FEED ALL ON BOTH SIDES!!!!! Because usually those are the ones you want to keep, because I have notice from growing them that they will grow faster and end up with the better color. But as on feeding, get a turkey baster and defrost the frozen BBS or your live BBS into a small container, like a salsa bowl and use the Turkey Baster and suck up the BBS and slowly lower the Baster into the tank to where the fry are and slowly squeeze out the BBS into the area of the fry. But the number 1 rule that I learned was never get ahead of your self. But Please post pics, and videos. But I don't mean tell you what to do, or how to do thing, just giving ideas, and maybe they work for you too.
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Pretty good info Joey.
 
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