I Thinks She's Holding

[bluemermaid]

I was given a pair of yellow lab chichlids ( Labidochromis caeruleus) in a rescue tank and they are fab

I have loved having them as pets and must admit have been learning on the go with them as I wasnt expecting them I didnt put in the reserch before.

Now the female looks like a cross between jimmy hill and leslie ash. She is interested in dinner but not eating and hiding alot so am I right IS SHE

I normally leave a fry to the fate of tank if it hides and survives great but these I would like to help what would you suggest ??

I have a pair of hosplital tanks and I am tempted to move her to one to spit them would this stress her too much??? should she go alone? Or is a dense bush/ plant be better in the current tank.

I have watched fry stripping but am unsure of it when do i do it and is it easy first time.


i thank you in advance

 

[kribensis12]

Do you have any pictures? How big is the tank, stocking ect? How long has it been set up?

 

[helterskelter]

She is interested in dinner but not eating and hiding alot so am I right IS SHE

This is a common sign that they are carrying eggs/fry. They seam to want to fool the other fish that they want to feed, but they never eat anything, i guess it's to fool them into thinking they she don't have loads of babies that they all would love to eat ;P

If you look she should also have the mouth extended like she's constantly got a mouth full of food.

After 3 weeks or so they fry are at a stage where they can be stripped with out using a egg bubbler or anything, but i would move her to the other tank and rear the fry there if u want them to survive better

 

[bluemermaid]

Do you have any pictures? How big is the tank, stocking ect? How long has it been set up?

the tank they are currently in is a 320l community they were origanally put there for short time while i cleaned the very very dirty tank they were given to me in how ever they are really happy in it they havent eaten anything ( including the danio's which i was suprised at) they are the boss of the tank and love it. so I never moed them back. I have a 55l and 30l hospital tank the 55 was a growing tank as adding anything too tiny to my 320l has resulted in dinner for other fish so I grow them up in smaller tank and then move them over.

they have been in the communtity tank for 2 months now and recently went through the gravel sand exchange and it was shortly after she changed her behavour.

i have no idea what a bubble thingy is so glad i can avoid it lol

 

[bluemermaid]

My tank now has a fry of tiny babies in it woooo there are about 15 but the little sods wont stay still to be counted lol


mrs superlambbanana is happy back in big tank.