cichlids breeding

[alexistayla]

so i have a 26 gallon bowfront thats been up and running for almost 2 months. i noticed my yellow lab's
mouth is larger than normal. after doing some research i can see shes holding eggs in her mouth. this is my first experience with cichlids, and i dont know what to do. should i not do anything? let her be? i was reading about stripping her? i dont have an extra tank to put her in, my small apartment wont allow it. please help!


lexi ??

 

[HN1]

At the end of the day, it is your choice. You can leave her be and see what happens. You can strip her of the eggs (https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=stripping malawi cichlids) and raise fry, but that would require another tank as well. What is the 26 stocked with?

 

[alexistayla]

i have the yellow lab, a kenyi, a demasoni, a jack dempsey, a venustus, a mixed cichlid im not too sure what kind he is, and a hap.


lexi ??

 

[Fish king]

If you want to keep the baby's then make sure that they have a place to hide when the mom spits out the fry, like some plants if you do that some should make it I had a my kenyi give fry in the same with my other Africans tand 5 lived and I gave 2 away and a few weeks later the other 3 are swimming around like they own the place


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[Mudfrog]

My Severums spawn roughly every 2 weeks or so. I let my catfish take care of the fry, free feeders

 

[toddnbecka]

i have the yellow lab, a kenyi, a demasoni, a jack dempsey, a venustus, a mixed cichlid im not too sure what kind he is, and a hap.


lexi ??

None of those fish are suitable for a 26 gallon tank. You'd need a 75 minimum just for the Africans even w/out the venustus, and another for the Jack Dempsey.