Zebra Obliquidens

[Mdoka]

Sorry to hear that, but if all is happy again and she is fattening up, it won’t be long. When that egg tube starts protruding, get ready. I hope you get a giant mouthful of eggs!

 

[MrsE88]

Sorry to hear that, but if all is happy again and she is fattening up, it won’t be long. When that egg tube starts protruding, get ready. I hope you get a giant mouthful of eggs!

I hope so too!
I’ve been wondering if I should move her to her own tank once she is holding or just see how thing play out again. I’d really love some more of these guys.

 

[MrsE88]

She is holding again. It’s been about a week.


So far so good, but I’m thinking of moving her out of the main tank.

 

[Mdoka]

Yahoooo! You will do just fine with her. Congratulations!

 

[MrsE88]

I stripped her today. It wasn’t as scary of a process as I imagined.
30 little ones

 

[Mdoka]

Yeah! I knew you could do it! Now watch them grow like weeds.

 

[MrsE88]

Yeah! I knew you could do it! Now watch them grow like weeds.

Thanks! I’m hoping for at least a 30% survival rate. I’m pretty excited

 

[Tobiassorensen]

When i used to keep malawi cichlids only i stripped the females as soon as i saw them holding eggs. I used eggtumblers to hatch the fry i usually had 80-90% survival ratio on my frys. As long as you keep them in a seperate tank and feed em a mixed diet it should be fine with them. I dint know about this species but many african cichlids cant eat red mosquito larvae for some reason. I learned that the hard way when i started in the hobby after 10 years hiatus with malawis. I lost ****loads of cichlids before i figured out it was my feeding habits that killed them. So i started to do my own food for them with spinache peas shrimp carrot astaxanthine and gelatin.

 

[MrsE88]

When i used to keep malawi cichlids only i stripped the females as soon as i saw them holding eggs. I used eggtumblers to hatch the fry i usually had 80-90% survival ratio on my frys. As long as you keep them in a seperate tank and feed em a mixed diet it should be fine with them. I dint know about this species but many african cichlids cant eat red mosquito larvae for some reason. I learned that the hard way when i started in the hobby after 10 years hiatus with malawis. I lost ****loads of cichlids before i figured out it was my feeding habits that killed them. So i started to do my own food for them with spinache peas shrimp carrot astaxanthine and gelatin.

Thanks for the tip. I know they can be prone to bloat so I don’t feed much meaty food. Mostly a herbal blend plus they eat all my string algae and spiral snails.
These guys are roughly around two weeks old/from spawning. Not sure how you age these guys since I don’t know when they technically hatched.
I made a homemade tumbler with a bubbler. How long should I keep them in it? Just till they absorb their sacs? This is all new to me.

 

[Tobiassorensen]

Those looks not more then a day or two old since their eggsack is quite large and they are small. I would keep them until they are freswimming. At least almost a week IMO