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| Posted | Catching mouthbrooders |
| 21-07-2007 20:19 by Woz |
hey people....anyone got any tips on catching mouthbrooders, i have two auratus holding eggs, i spotted them both yesterday and think the eggs are only a day old, 2 at the most! the fry have no chance of surviving in the main tank and because i have a fry tank it would make sense to try and get some youngs ones out of them, basically all i want to know is, when is the best time to net the females and whats the best way of going about it? i want to keep it as stress free as possible to minimise the chances of her eating them, the tank is also full of rock may i add  |
| 21-07-2007 21:05 by tank busters |
GIVE IT 12 DAYS THEN TRY AND NET HER OUT AND GET HER TO SPIT THE FRY.U MIGHT HAVE TO REMOVE ROCK TO CATCH HER. |
| 21-07-2007 21:20 by Woz |
well i know their a nightmare to catch, theres just so much rock   |
| 21-07-2007 21:54 by sonia |
with mouth brooders you need to let nature takes it cause trying to force things is just plain cruel thats the issue i understood most people to understand with mouthbrooders  |
| 21-07-2007 22:07 by telboy |
im with tankie boy, wait till ya see fry in mouth, the net her, she'll spit[like most gals i know]then put her back in main tank then the fry to a rearing tank |
| 21-07-2007 22:32 by robert.pope |
lol @ telboy's reply |
| 21-07-2007 23:17 by Woz |
i prefer it if they spit, when they swallow ill have no new fisheeees  anyway ill try and net them after a couple of weeks and stick her in my fry tank or ill devide the tank that shes in... lol @telboy.... |
| 23-07-2007 08:19 by PaddyD |
If you can sepearte her great, but otherwise some fry may well survive they are pretty fast and often survive in display tanks. |
| 23-07-2007 12:59 by Woz |
well ive got bricardi in their which have survived until now and theres easily 7-8 which can eatn them, so fingers crossed if i dont manage to net her |
| 23-07-2007 14:18 by tracyanne |
woz i wish u said earlier i have just got rid of some babys free that i got her to spitt out . the only way doing it is to move rock . but some advice i was given was move ya rock every 3 mths and ya will see some babys |
| 23-07-2007 14:19 by tracyanne |
but tell there really hard to spit they give up a good fight or just swallow lol |
| 23-07-2007 14:23 by tracyanne |
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| 23-07-2007 16:04 by Woz |
noooo, fry tanks looking abit bare, ive got 9 young tropheus ikola?? about 6 or 7 tropheus red cheek( not sure of their feel name ) a couple of yellow labs and 5 or 6 euratus.......i could have done with some more tracy! big or small malawis i have the room...out of interest what is it you gave away? |
| 23-07-2007 17:22 by tracyanne |
i had loads just took em down lfs i had trio sulpher heads trio pearl scales all sorts |
| 23-07-2007 17:23 by tracyanne |
i gave it up and i miss em |
| 23-07-2007 17:23 by tracyanne |
15 x baby aratus |
| 23-07-2007 17:56 by Woz |
id have took the lot |
| 23-07-2007 18:34 by tracyanne |
sorry ...... ill keep ya in mind if anything else comes up  |
| 23-07-2007 20:48 by Woz |
nice one, anything malawi or tanganyikan will do me fine |
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