ice blue zebra and red zebra question. help!

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fbgm123

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So two of my fishes just spawned the ice and the red zebra. I have acouple of questions.
1. Do both male and female hold the eggs in there mouth?
2. when should i stripping these fish for the fry?
3. what do feed the fry?

HELP PLEASE.
 
First of all know that your fish have just produced hybrids. If you raise the fry please PLEASE do not sell them or give them away. Too many hybrids are already in the hobby.

Now on to your questions
No only the female hold the eggs/fry

After 2-3 weeks you can strip the fry. You can also just move the female to her own tank after 3 weeks and let her spit them on her own.

I've always fed fry crushed up flakes.
 
usually the ice blue is the male and the red is the female ..so i would have these ID'd to be sure.... These are Alternative names ... so check yours out because they could very well be the same species of zebra..
Red Zebra Mbuna, Ice Blue Zebra Synonyms

Metriaclima estherae Sexing

Dimorphic, Females are lighter colour of orange than males. Blue variants of the males are also present. There is another morph called Orange Blotched (OB) of the female that also exists in nature. And only the female hold eggs... and i feed my fry baby brine shrimp in the very beginning...and then switch over to flakes crumbled up very fine... and fry should not be stripped from mom until just before she is ready to spit... they hold for about 21 days... if you want you can remove the mother to another tank.. filled with the same water from the original tank .. and let her spit babies herself.. feed her well and give her a chance to gain her health and put her back where she was and let the fry grow out in their own tank..
 
I've always heard ice blue zebra in reference to Metriaclima Greshakei and red zebra in reference to Metriaclima estherae. I could be wrong. There are blue male Metriaclima estherae but they are pretty uncommon.
 
Yah, this is the problem with common names... I have heard of the dimorphic zebras, but they do have red male red zebras now commonly for sale.
 
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