Will Red Zebras and Acei's eat each others babies?

[bucsnut79]

Ok, So I have a female Red Zebra that is carrying fry. I have her in a breeding tank now, but am thinking of making a Zebra, Acei and bristlenose pleco tank.......my bristlenose plecos are breeding like crazy! So I was hoping to setup a little nursery tank to harbor the young. If I keep them in the main tank they will surely get eaten by my Nimbochromis Venustus. My main question is can I keep the Acei and the Zebras together without them eating one another's fry? Any help would be appreciated!

 

[alLexX]

they would eat the fry

 

[bucsnut79]

Anyone else have any input on this?

 

[bucsnut79]

If I can't do Acei's and Zebra's, could I do [FONT=&quot]Pseudotropheus socolofi? Would they still eat each others fry?[/FONT][FONT=&quot]
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[joel618]

I think fry is more viewed as a snack regardless but Idk for sure.

 

[bcurlacher54]

yeah i think most cichlids would eat ANY fry they can find. i noticed two microscopic kenyi hiding under my holey rock on sunday and now they are nowhere to be seen. im guessing they became a snack for one of the big guys.

 

[Bl80]

I use lava rock to save fry.... Landscape briquette kind. Works awesome.... I've used it for years when I had tropicals and now with cichlids. I at one time had java moss growing over, but got rid of it all....

 

[kay-bee19]

If I can't do Acei's and Zebra's, could I do [FONT=&quot]Pseudotropheus socolofi? Would they still eat each others fry?[/FONT]

yeah i think most cichlids would eat ANY fry they can find...

Agreed. Generally, mbuna's will most likely attempt to prey upon any fry they're able to catch. The species is irrelevent; they can be quite 'cannibalistic' in that regard.

 

[Mouth-Brooder-Fanatic]

a general red zebra fry question...
what colour varients are there in red zebra fry? are there darker/striped ones for males and pure orange for females, or am i looking at newly-stripped hybrids? help

 

[kay-bee19]

It depends on the red zebra (M. estherae) parents.

Red or Orange-morph M. estherae parents will produce orange or 'carrot colored' fry.

If you have the Blue-morph (or 'wild-type') variety (blue males/red females), the males will be blue-gray at birth and the females will carrot colored.

I'm not how 'striped hybrids' would enter the equation.

 

[Mouth-Brooder-Fanatic]

so the bluey/ browny ones are male?

 

[kay-bee19]

If your fish are m. estherae then yes.

If the fry in question were acquired from an assorted african cichlid tank and 'presumed' to be m. estherae then maybe not.

 

[Mouth-Brooder-Fanatic]

they are defo m. estherae, thats the main stocking of the tank and the only ones to breed. thanks x