Question about wild caught tropheus

[Mandocruz06]

I was just wondering what y'all thought about wc trophies holding and still eating at the same time any thoughts about that I have one chimba I'm for sure 100% is holding since Monday but she still eats and I can see her mouthful and juggling the eggs ..

Any comments would help...

[moganman]

They're greedy!!!

[eklikewhoa]

Normal, that's a good thing.

They don't eat as much but I have notice females that scavenge when holding tend to spit larger fry. Females that don't eat while holding get really malnourished and take longer to bounce back after spitting.

[myjohnson]

Some don't bounce back and die.

[eklikewhoa]

The worse is they swallow and then die.

Hard up world we live in.

[Mandocruz06]

So I notice this on monday how long should I wait too strip her or just let here spit in the main tank

[tbui1178]

I'd probably wait after a few weeks before stripping her. You can strip her earlier, but you will need a tumbler - and survival rate could drop.

[Mandocruz06]

Thanks tbui I dnt want that so I'll wait what 3wks

[myjohnson]

Why not let her spit in the tank?

[Mandocruz06]

Idk Thai good question maybe other fish may eat them

Thai what do u knw about Zambian ikola frontosas

[eklikewhoa]

If they are fronts you might as well strip her.

The ikola are nice, I'm a zaire fan myself

[Mandocruz06]

No they trophs foo I'm think of getting some f1 fronts from this guy thats y I asked cause some have never heard of them zambians but my chimba is still holding and eating

[moganman]

If you're afraid to strip, why not seperate her and let her spit in a different tank? You have demasoni in there, so they might eat the fry. Some people say trophs don't eat fry, but I've seen and heard otherwise. I always strip my females after about 15 or 16 days. The babies aren't as big and hard to strip. Could just be my demasoni, but whenever I did let the females hold full term, I never got over 7 fry. When I stripped a little earlier, I always got at least 15. Thinking as the fry get bigger, the mom swallows some.

[eklikewhoa]

No they trophs foo I'm think of getting some f1 fronts from this guy thats y I asked cause some have never heard of them zambians but my chimba is still holding and eating

I was replying to this

Idk Thai good question maybe other fish may eat them

Thai what do u knw about Zambian ikola frontosas