so my female Geo. Steindachneri has been holding eggs for about four days (layed eggs last friday morning) and its hard to tell the condition of the eggs since she will barely come to the front of the tank. when would it be safe time to strip her and keep the fry in a seperate tank or should i strip her now and make a DIY tumbler to incubate the egg? oh and what is a good food alternative to baby brine shrimp? would ground up flakes or pellets work? any info would help me a lot. thanks.
When to strip mother of eggs/fry?
- Thread starter Ancient_Fish_Master
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so searching around the web i decided to strip the mother of the eggs. and cool to say i have about 30 little wigglers attached to their egg yokes, only one of them were infertile. im using i fine mesh strainer to tumble them in the main tank. got a powerhead gently pushing them around to keep them happy. hopefully i can get these guys to grow to full size.
hopefully i can a 10 gal started up tomorrow so they have tank to grow out in.
hopefully i can a 10 gal started up tomorrow so they have tank to grow out in.
oh and these are the parents. dad on the left and wife on the right. 
glad he decided to mate with this female because she has the reddest and biggest hump compared to my other female. hopefully the trait carries on to this batch of fry.
glad he decided to mate with this female because she has the reddest and biggest hump compared to my other female. hopefully the trait carries on to this batch of fry.