electric yellow with babies

[knicely-cichlid]

i have a 75gal community,3 haps 2 electric yellows 3 albino sunburst 2 algae eaters,left for the weekend & come home to find yellow with eggs i think in her mouth would like for them to turn out. what should i do to better the odds of them turning out?

 

[bobrob]

I think she's just protecting the eggs from anyone looking to eat them. Im not sure though.

 

[knicely-cichlid]

thanks for your input!!

 

[wayne at home]

If there's a bunch of soer , leave her in there as there aren't many other fish in there too stress her. You can always remove the other fish (impractical here), or remoe her if you can do it real quickly to not stress her. I'd probably leave her. Try to put in some rocks to make some small caves, gaps for fry to hide in. e aware she will carry the eggs for up to a month depending on stress level, and the first few times are usually a failure

 

[Managuense]

do you know how long she has been holding? if so i would say that you could strip her.
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[knicely-cichlid]

really not to sure how long she has been holding, maybe 5-6 days
what do you mean by strip her?? i have placed her in another tank and she seems to be doing good.

 

[jaws2]

let em hatch you can always bring fish back to the store if you are in trouble