Red Zebra had her babies!!! Now what?

[carey]

My red zebra finally had her babies yesterday. I currently have her in a 10g tank. i think there are between 10-15 fry, cant get a good head count yet.

So now what do I do? I plan on bringing them to the cichlid breeder I deal with but when do I do that? A month old or less? I bought fry food too but they arent eating yet it seems.

Also when do I remove the mother? A week or two is that right?

thanks guys I really need help on this one lol

 

[Fdsh5]

I left my mother fish in the tank for a week until she was swimming and eating really good. For me, the fry started eating after a day or two. Seems like they needed to adjust to the tank first. Then they ate like pigs. As far as moving them, I waited until they were at least an inch long. Tough to count them when they're all over the place isn't it. I still have no idea how many fry were in my last brood.

 

[carey]

thanks for the input. My mother is still taking the babies from time to time and putting them back in her mouth so I guess she's nowhere near ready to take out. I'll check it out in a week or so.

Any idea how long the babies will take to get to an inch? I have a need for the 10g tank they are in lol

 

[Fdsh5]

Mine were about six weeks or so