Redhead laid eggs

[tigermath]

Found eggs in one of the branch today evening. The male is guarding, but the female is nowhere while the light is on. Now I switched off the light and found the pair near the eggs. They ate hikari cichlid gold in the evening. The first time spawner, I am not too sure about the success.

However, kindly suggest what to do. I have empty tanks, but I think I should remove the free swimmers, not the branch with eggs, what do you say?

Here are some quick snaps:

 

[Water]

Congrats! You could always let the parents raise the fry and remove them when they get a little bigger.

 

[luvinbluegills]

Congratulations! If getting the fry is the priority, go ahead and remove the branch with eggs.

 

[mike b]

Id leave them in and let the parents do their thing Im not a big fan of removing eggs I dont feel they get the proper water movement that they get when theyre fanned by the parents Ive heard of people succeeding with removing the eggs and using an airstone to simulate the parents fanning I myself have tried it unsuccesfully so I say leave them in with the parents and remove them when theyre free swimming nice looking fish by the way amazing color

 

[tigermath]

Thanks all for the replies. I think I will check what the parents will do this time.

 

[DrawnToBeaches]

first timers end up eating them if they go hungry, finally something on this forum i have a little experience with =p, though my breeders are only dwarfs I have moved all my eggs out after spawning due to them eating the eggs randomly and eventually the fry themselves, to be safe i would atleast put them in a large breeder net in the tank itself, otherwise move it to a tank where there is generous flow but not enough to blow them around when they are free swimming about 85-88 degrees is also optimal ime with my dwarfs untill they're about 2 weeks old, if you're intent on keeping them with the parents feed some live food daily =p will keep them from going all cannibal

 

[tigermath]

Live food does not come very good quality here, but I shall try to collect some today. Thanks for your reply DrawntoBeaches.

 

[tigermath]

Both the parents are now guarding the eggs, some got fungus infected today.
More snaps:

 

[DrawnToBeaches]

give earthworms a try, even petsmart has decent earthworms and they are easy to produce, you can cut up adults or use the younger worms. just limit how much you feed them, lots of fat and protein

 

[tigermath]

Yesterday both the parents are holding the eggs/fries in their mouth. Today I found only the female is holding, and the male is sticking with her constantly, nice to watch them together, have some photos to share:

Thanks,
Avik