wow what should i do?

[d20monsteroscar20]

Wow! you wont believe this. for many months I have been trying to get a breeding pair of Red Zebras. I brought a female two weeks ago to be with a male that I had previously. then this monday I got one female and one male.
For my suprise the first female red zebra i brought was eggs in her mouth. now if I m debating whether i should take her from my main tank and put her into a 10 gallon or something like that so the other fishes wont eat the frys. However I m scared that by changing the fish to a new tank i will kill her and the eggs inside her mouth.
Can someone help? is she going to be ok if i place her into a new tank?

 

[piranha45]

she will be fine if you place her in a new tank.

many people pry the female's mouth open with tweezers to remove the eggs/fry, so that the young can be raised on their own and save the female some hunger issues, but she should be fine either way

 

[d20monsteroscar20]

Ok tanx I really want to raise the fries, however i dont know about opening her mouth.

 

[piranha45]

not a big deal if you dont. Anyway, move her into a separate tank if you want, shell be fine

 

[d20monsteroscar20]

Hey just wanted to let you know that today while vacuming one of my small tanks, the one I had the Red Zebra I saw about 10 or more frys swiming around. At first wen I moved her to my 55 gallon tank I tought there were only one or two frys, but I was glad to c them swiming around. I guess thats it with cichlids I now can say I accomplish my dreams/hopes. tanx for the help.

 

[piranha45]

glad to hear it. Good luck in raising the fry, hopefully nothing eats them (or they eat themselves!). I'd stick with just feeding them crumbled up fish flakes.

 

[rayman45]

good job