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Posted by Malawi Man on October 15, 2007, 8:29 am
Please log in for more thread options Steve Wolstenholme wrote:
> wrote:
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>> Steve Wolstenholme wrote:
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>>> After spawning they can be a problem. I find them impossible to
catch
>>> so I make no attempt to isolate brooding females. If you can catch
>>> your female wait for 20 days. The fry are fully developed after 20
>>> days but the female may hang on them for much longer. Some females
>>> brood too long. I have had a female hang on to the fry until they
>>> died.
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>> That happens, especially if its their first or second time and the
>> female is large and there are no hiding places in the tank.
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> Just one female does it. She has spawned many times. There are plenty
> of places to hide but she doesn't even try. It is a real pain because
> she has big broods.
Maybe she's just an overcaring parent. It happens to humans, too,
and with somehow similar results - kids have no life :-)
So you HAVE to catch her if you want the fry to live. Try to build
a trap, I'm using one to catch my cichlids. I have to, because
of the tank setup - lots of large rocks, which makes the fish
impossible to catch by net. With a trap it's doable, it just
takes some time.
Here's the design, I'm using it just slightly modified, also
to catch the larger fry as to not overcrowd the tank:
http://www.klub-malawi.pl/artykuly_klubowiczow/zrob_to_sam/pulapka.html
-- !
Best regards, milc, 500L Mbuna tank, 500L Aulonacara/Haplochromis tank
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>Just started a Tanganyikan biotope a few months ago.
>This is such a great hobby.
>
>I was wondering when is the best time to isolate incubating female
>C.Leptosoma? Anyone here has any experience with these mouth brooders? I
>just witnessed my dominating male in action with the hatching female and
>this was amazing!
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