Holding?

[mscherer63]

I've noticed her mouth seems to be bulging, I've never had fish breed. Does it look like she may be holding to you guys?

 

[squirrilah fish]

Definitely.

 

[mscherer63]

Thanks, should I remove her to a separate tank?

 

[squirrilah fish]

If you want to raise fry, yes. They have special breeder inserts where when she releases the fish they fall underneath a a grid like level where the mom can't get to them.

The difficulty is getting the mom out after she releases before she eats them.
There are some techniques like tickling the moms throat with a paper clip forcing her to release the fry after they hatch.
Looking at how big her throat is she could hatch any day now. Usually it's about 2 weeks from fertilization to hatching and then another week or so til they are released.

I have had 5-7 fry survive in the tank on their own without any effort from me. But without separating them the majority if not all get devoured pretty quickly.

 

[mscherer63]

I will look into the breeder insert, I have moved her to a 10 gal by herself