Moving cichild fry??

[Sketcha009]

Hi guys. My convicts have been protecting there eggs now for a while and i looked this morning and there area was all covered up and i thought they had been eaten. But i carried on looking around and they have made a crater in the substrate and they are all in there. Not free swimming or anything. they look like a little nest of shaking spiders.. weird. How long from now will it be until i can syphon them out and transfer them to my fry tank?

thanks in advance

 

[Aquarium advice master]

You can transfer them as soon as the eggs hatch. I had 2 batches of baby cichlids and they were really fun to see grow.

 

[Sketcha009]

i just went to check up on them and they have gone. I think mother has moved them. cant see a thing! They are still acting very "fishy" so im sure they are there somewhere

 

[Aquarium advice master]

Ya they will relocate them if the mom fell threatened.