holding female uganda fire red!!

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heres a pic of the male all fired up and flirting!
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heres him dulled out.
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heres a pic of the female holding.

 .oO that's awesome! Wish I could get something to spawn...

Awesome looking fish. If you ever need to unload some fry, I WANT SOME!

il probably have a few fry i want to sell as long as she doesnt swallow them. thanks u guys ill keep u all updated!

I'd also like 3 or so of these fry as they become avaiable if I can afford them. I can take them samll and save you the fish food as well.

ok ill be stripping her next week. im not sure how many she will have so it kinda depends.

Congrats! and I like the look of the females of these also...nice face stripe and barring on them with the blue coloring. Great fish.

thanks cichlid-gal! i like the females also they arent so drab

Great job! Good luck on raising fry!

fishyladdy wrote:thanks cichlid-gal! i like the females also they arent so drab

Phsst...drab implies brown and dull...I know of no female Victorians that are those colors Silvers and golds are more like it. But beauty is always in the eye of the beholder.

thats true i take that back

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getting nice and full!! means the babies r growing yay!
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kinda blurry but there mom and dad
stripping her next week

Do you have her in a maternity tank?

nope why?

I've had the best luck moving them to a maternity tank for a week before stripping. Keeps the females from spitting in the main tank, allows her to relax some, and its easier to catch her when she needs to be stripped. Not everyone does it like this, but it seems the least stressful on the fish, and you're almost guaranteed a healthy batch of fry.

ive never had to do that thankfully they always hold full term and ive never had one spit in my tank so im not too worried. i watch my tanks very closely and i know what day they start holding everytime

id suggest that when you do strip her that you limit how long you work her for. for new mothers i never do anything over 30-60 seconds. if i cant get them all by then back in she goes to spit naturally. ive had bad experiences stripping fish that were too young to handle stress and ended up losing em in the process. GL with the stripping, i always have fun with it when i feel like catching em .

shes not a new mother i got them from a big breeding group shes held many times before thanks though! ill keep it in mind.

How far from wild are these fish? They are beautiful and I'd still like fry when there are ready to go.

not sure of collection point i will call and find out tomorrow.

Thanks.

I thought I had an all male cichlid tank until a few days ago with one holding. I cold have sworn this peacock had some color and an egg spot on her tail when I got her from the store.

Congrats on the upcoming additions.

thanks paint guy id love to see pics of ur holding female
as for my ugandas they are F3

I can't wait to purchase a few of these. I'll take them small and raise them up. I can do it in November if you feel they're ready.

Buy some extra for me maybe like 6 babies. I'll pick them up from you and pay you back. You're closer to me than fishyladdy. Where is Seattle do you reside? North, south, west, or east of Seattle. Im coming from maple valley. Please let me know if you could grab some for me when she's ready. Thanks. Sirwesdragon aka wesley.

I'm in North Seattle. I have limited resources so it would depend on what they cost. You would only be saving 2 miles (I checked Google) so it makes more sense for you to go striaght to fishyladdy.

im probably gonna ask 5 bucks per fish guys. thats a really good deal actually lol because they r 20+ anywhere else

I would like 4 of them. It's a gamble.

im sorry to say i lost her last night from unknown reasons babies were all dead when i woke up :/ and so was she

Sadness

Noooo

Look like she got egg bond guys

sounds to me like you might be lacking females.. given that this isnt the first time youve lost some of your girls (based on other posts) you should consider upping the numbers of girls you have for all your species. i think you might find you get better results once the aggression is spread a little further. gl to ya and sry for your loss.

fishyladdy wrote:im sorry to say i lost her last night from unknown reasons babies were all dead when i woke up :/ and so was she

Very sad...sorry for your losses

thanks guys i working on ordering some more females in the next week.. so we will see

Where do you get your fish?

from a friend i met through ebay a while back

Cool. Are they easy to buy from or do you have the market cornered?