Tumbling Eggs

[moganman]

How soon can you strip the female of the eggs and tumble? I want to build my colony and don't wanna take the chance of letting the female hold full term. She's still small and young and I have my doubts.

[HERM]

What type of fish? I think letting her hold as long as possible would be best. Has this female held eggs yet or are you planning for her first?

[moganman]

My canary cheek tropheus. I have had two breedings but since my colony is female heavy, Im not sure if this particular female has held before. I want to build my colony and don't want to miss out on getting some fry.

[cu0ngsayz]

Let her hold for at least 48hrs.

[mistahoo]

I think letting her hold as long as possible would be best.

+1

But I would just let the female hold the eggs... They gotta learn somehow

[moganman]

+1

They gotta learn somehow

I don't believe holding eggs is something that becomes a habit or is learned. I believe with nature, things naturally occur with instinct. I will let them hold this time though. Maybe

[SunnyHouTX]

Here's a theory I have running in my head. I think they instinctively know to hold but it might take a few trial runs for them to get it right. This might depend on the individual female where some take to it from the get go and some don't, the fish's comfort level in the tank especially during water changes, and whether all the eggs were successfully fertilized. I think sometimes the mating fish don't get the fertilizing process right which result in the unfertilized eggs going bad after some time which might prompt the female to spit everything out. I thought of this while watching my juvie Petro Longolas spawning where they looked like dumb and dumber bouncing around from rock to rock and I not going into a structured spawning routine. Again, just a few theories I have after observing my fish.

[HERM]

Here's a theory I have running in my head. I think they instinctively know to hold but it might take a few trial runs for them to get it right. This might depend on the individual female where some take to it from the get go and some don't, the fish's comfort level in the tank especially during water changes, and whether all the eggs were successfully fertilized. I think sometimes the mating fish don't get the fertilizing process right which result in the unfertilized eggs going bad after some time which might prompt the female to spit everything out. I thought of this while watching my juvie Petro Longolas spawning where they looked like dumb and dumber bouncing around from rock to rock and I not going into a structured spawning routine. Again, just a few theories I have after observing my fish.

+1

[myjohnson]

Let her hold for at least 48hrs.

Lol, who told you this?

Is this from personal experience?