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Posted	Mbuna carrying eggs..HELP!!
11-06-2006 12:02 by jules	One of my mbuna's has been carring eggs for a week now and I have just noticed little black dots in her mouth, which I presume are eyes. Is it time to catch her and put her in another tank or should I wait a while? I only started keeping fish 2 months ago, so I'm not really sure what to do. Also I've been trying to catch one of the other fish for practise, without any luck..lol How should I catch her without streeing her out? should I remove all the rocks to make it easier?
11-06-2006 12:15 by Ray	Hello,I would leave her for at least another week before moving her,taking the rocks out is always the best way to catch Malawis,dont bother practising that will just stress them all.If the female spits the fry when you catch her dont worry too much she will pick them back up when she has calmed down,good luck fella.What type is she?
11-06-2006 14:38 by jules	Thanks Ray, I think she is Elongatus, but I could be wrong. (female on the left, male on the right). This picture is a couple of months old and she looks a little bit darker now. She is still quite small, so I don't think she is carrying many.
11-06-2006 15:02 by Ray	Looks like Elongatus,let us know how many she has.
13-06-2006 22:18 by Penny1	we dont take our fish out now when they are having babies because you end up with loads of fish that you can not get rid off and some of the babies still survive in the tank anyway its a fish eat fish world the strong will survive
13-06-2006 23:23 by yanton	same for me penny, i raised several batches of babies, but as malawi hobbyists are so thinly strewn around the country, they are hard to sell, i had to give many away. i recommend that you have loads of rockwork, so the babies can hide in there - in the main tank with the parents and other fish. it is great to see the babies pop out of the rockwork to grab bits of food. as they grow larger, they eventually join the main mbuna community.
24-06-2006 12:31 by jules	Well, I did move her in the end and she didn't spit them out. She released them within 24 hours of the move. I may well leave them to it in the future, but seeing as I only set up my tank 2 months ago, I found it an amazing sight. I think there are about 7 of them, but it's hard to see them all at the same time. Thanks for your advise Ray.

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