Red Zebra Holding Eggs... What should i do?

[leo@adri]

My red zebra is holding eggs and im not sure what to do to give the eggs a good chance to hatch. Please let me know. Any help would be great.

[Sea-agg09]

cichlids are good parents. let them go and watch. Zebras and other cichlids reproduce pretty often, so don't feel like this is your only shot. if they get eaten or dont make it the first time around, you can do a little prep work and have a grow-out tank the next time around.

[myjohnson]

How big is your tank?

What type of rocks do you have in it?

What are some other tank mates?

[leo@adri]

it is a 90 gallon tank lots of holey rock red zebras and other mbuna

[leo@adri]

thanks sea agg for the uplifting info

[Sea-agg09]

once the juvies are get old enough, you can get a 10 gallon tank with a sponge filter and drop the babies.

From my understanding of dropping cichlid babies, you basically hold the female upside down and shake the living hell out of her till she spits the babies out. I would DEFINITELY consult a cichlid person before going that route...

Babies will eat crushed flakes, live brine shrimp, or other "baby foods"

(please don't shake the hell out of your fish...)

[SunnyHouTX]

Watch this:

[sunkenmetal]

+1 for the wife beater lol

[Mandocruz06]

Sunnyhoutx

Nice video...

[leo@adri]

Thanks For all of the info!! I will update on the red zebra once i try to strip the eggs in like 18 days or so.

Dont worry i wont shake the fish lol

[leo@adri]

I looked at the red zebra on Wednesday and i only manage to get about 3 little zebra fry out of her mouth. My guess she was far more along then i thought

But the good news is my peacock that i just bought not too long ago had about 40 little fry and my johannii had about 30 fry too!!!!

I also just saw my dragon's blood peacock holding and i had just seen the male dancing to her this morning. =) exciting!!!