It has been a month since my yellow lab spawned.

[kevin007]

What is the reason for this? Did I stress her out too much by stripping her? I have 7 Yellow labs, 6 Aceis and 5 Rusties, only one female yellow lab spawned and that was last month. She had 6 fry and 5 got eaten, one is about 1.25 cm now.

Why aren't the others spawning too?

Yellow Labs: 2.5 - 4 inches
Aceis - 2.5 - 4 inches
Rusties - 1.5 - 2.5 inches

 

[fishjoseph]

Could be a number of things. What is the temperature in the tank. Should be closer to 80 F.
Your other tank inhabitants are probably stressing them out. Rusties are pretty aggressive. If you want to breed, only keep the same kind together. I learned from experience.

 

[mike dunagan]

No need to be 80. 75-76 will cause breeding. More so, how large is the tank?

 

[kevin007]

55 Gallons, I noticed the cichlids seem to bully their own species and leave the others alone.

 

[lee1]

Give her some time to recoup they lose alot of body weight when they are carrying when you notice her belly get swoll again then she will spawn.My females will usually spawn around every 6 to 8 weeks depending on how long I let them carry before stripping.

 

[Pittbull]

Yeah but he said he stripped her, so the answer would be she will again when she is ready and the others will soon as well, we can not predict what transpires when its up to the animals we keep to do their thing all we can do is provide a healthy and clean environment..

 

[kevin007]

Thanks for the reply, I'll do a large water change this weekend, just in case.

 

[MoFish78]

my fish always eats the eggs...you see her mouth bulgin for a few days, then she eats them i think...they just disappear...its carryin again for the 3rd time now.