If the females don't feel the tank is safe enough, how long will they hold the fry? We're at three weeks now and the two females' buccal cavities are very distended. We can see wigglers through her translucent skin, but we've never seen them through her mouth opening. I'd like to try to strip now. Is it time?
I'm going to have to take all the rocks out of my tank in order to catch them, because every time I put my net into the water the whole school of them seems to protect the females, clustering around them in the hardest cave to catch. Is that normal? However the males also do a lot of nipping of the females. It's a little worrisome.