I am a Stripper

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Today is the day! Stripped several fish today, Long pelvic fin, Paracyphs, Cyphs and Cyphos Moba.

Long Pelvic Fin Galireya Reef





She must be holding 30+. So much fry for a small momma

Paracyphs and Cyphs.




Only 4 for the paracyphs...just glad to know they start spawning




Nice Clutch from the cyphs utinta!

Moba





Not a whole lot but this momma holds consistenly.

Now let's see y'alls strip!

I do now. I use AquaSafe. I used to be able to do water changes without any because I had natural spring water which was tested all the time. I will be again going back to well water instead of city water very soon! I just can't believe that the content of your water would kill fry. It must be wicked city water.

@ CSnyder00
how will I know if my fish have fry in their mouths?

And yes CoutureWest, the females hold the eggs in their mouth until they hatch and are grow enough to let go. You can strip them before they "spit" though, to ensure that none of the young are eaten. It also gives you a quicker breeding rate. Not all fish breed like this. There are also egg layers, egg scatterers, and bubble nesters.

CoutureWest wrote:

so they keep them in their mouth! what if they swallow them? how will I know if my fish have fry in their mouths?

Yes, mouthbrooding cichlid do keep the eggs in their mouth until the are fry swimming and ready to be released. They do not swallow them eggs, they developed this technique to make the odds of their species surviving a whole lot greater. Some cichlids are egg layers...

You know they are holding when they look like this:

CSnyder00 wrote:

I do now. I use AquaSafe. I used to be able to do water changes without any because I had natural spring water which was tested all the time. I will be again going back to well water instead of city water very soon! I just can't believe that the content of your water would kill fry. It must be wicked city water.

I can smell chlorine off the tap, I can tell you that. I always do 50% water changes on all my tanks...anything less is just waste of my time.

I agree there. I don't like to do anything less than 25%-50%

Another day of Stripping

Mobas!

Momma1



Momma2



Momma3



Tumbling

I gotta get my dollars saved up for some of those fishes..