my red zebra female was not eating so i checked her out and noticed she looked swollen in her face, upon further inspection i noticed she was holding eggs in her mouth. i knew she had been this way for a few days so i netted her and placed her in my 10g breeder tank(pics of it in my albums) After about the third week she learned to eat tiny veggie pellets by holding them with her lips and then either feeding the fry(in her mouth, still) or eating it. after a few days of this the fry were hiding in the grass i use in thaT tank, and i netted her again and replaced her into the main tank. the six babies are still in the 10g tank and are almost an inch long. i have noticed she likes to move rocks around under her hiding place, now that she is back in the main tank, she also hides more often it seems. anyway the baby fry could be the offspring from a blue cobalt,(red zebra+blue cobalt=crossbred?)so i am interested to see how they turn out, so far they are orange in color, have egg spots and little dots on the top of their head(looks like little blue dots)that may go away, i dunno...any way dont try to use a crappy little baby breeder container, they are crappy or fish will jump out. a tank divider may work for you, but its always good to have a extra tank for quarentine or breeding and all you really need is a sponge over the intake tube if your worried about the fry getting sucked into the filter. hope this helps, good luck-doogle
