stripped for the first time yesterday

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alexva

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My ruby green was holding again.
when I looked in her mouth I could see fry trying to get out and I could even see fry through her boucle cavity (it was funny I could see there little eyes looking out) I remember reading somewhere that when the fry are spit you should be able to see there yolk sac, her last batch didn't have a yolk sac.
She had been holding this batch for a long time, so I stripped her.
The fry about 20 I guess did not have a visible yolk sac but they all seem to be doing quite well I feed them first bites by Hickari
I put her back in the main tank and she didn't look very happy but she fed immediately.

Two questions

1) Did I do the right thing by striping her?

2) My concern for the fry is that I have a couple of cory cats in the tank will they eat healthy fry?
 
1) yer there's nothing wrong with that i personally leave the females in a 15gal tank to raise the young and gain wieght back for about a month then put her bak in the tank after that.

2) i think that they mite get eaten by the corys although im not sure about that sorry

also wen she spits they wont have a yolk sack, is how they should be
 
A fish will eat a fish that will fit into its mouth. I think that the cories will eat the fry, but if you add some small rocks, it may give the fry a place to hide. Can you move the cories?
 
I've seen it written that you can use baby bristlenose plecos in fry tanks for cleaning up extra food. I have fry that are little larger, and am using smails and a rubber lipped pleco, with no problems.
 
i strip my ahli girls and chipokae females. The babies always are good size when i get them out.
 
LadyBarbara001;2405965; said:
How are the babies doing?
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But I got cocky and thought I was better than I am.
I striped another one of my lake victorias last week and it was too early. when the fry came out there yolk sak was as big as they were. they couldn't swim very well and they all died.
I don't think I'll strip anymore.
 
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