Fly Fishing Techniques » 137 http://www.fly-fishing-techniques.com My tips and pointers on the fascinating subject of fly fishing. Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:47:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Cichlids had babies. what to do? http://www.fly-fishing-techniques.com/2008/11/cichlids-had-babies-what-to-do/ http://www.fly-fishing-techniques.com/2008/11/cichlids-had-babies-what-to-do/#comments Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:05:54 +0000 admin http://www.fly-fishing-techniques.com/2008/11/cichlids-had-babies-what-to-do/
I have a 55 gallon tank with 16 different species of cichilds in it (1 of each) and 5 other fish (pictus spotted catfish, gar, rainbow shark, flying fox, and pleco). I noticed seeing some babies about a week ago, so I got a floating breeder today to keep them from getting eaten and have been catching the babies and putting them in that for the time being. So far I have caught 8 babies, 1/2 centimeter to a centimeter long. I had to tear apart the rock formation in the middle of my tank to get them. The sides have plastic trees/logs. I have a few questions, since these are my first babies.

1) How many babies should I expect?
2) How do I tell who the parents are? (Remember I have no two of the same fish, and the babies are mostly clear with small stripes on them. I never saw any eggs but I did have a Green Terror that didn’t eat for the past 3 weeks but now is, not sure if that’s related or not)
3) What do I do with the babies? I was planning on putting them in a new 10 gallon. Will that tank need to cycle if I use rocks and water from my established 55 gallon?
4) How long should I keep them in the small 3 way breeder (with dividers taken out so its just one floating whole now)?

And any other advise would be appreciated. Thanks!
Here is my tank a couple of months ago or so:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLKB39ysvGM
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