yellows Posted November 1, 2013 Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 Just wondering what peoples opinions are on stripping 1st time female cichlids as I have been reading lately and a lot of the articles say to let first time female cichlids spit there first lot of fry naturally before you start to strip them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eh man Posted November 1, 2013 Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 I would leave the first batch until nearly full term then strip her,just so can learn how to carry the eggs and fry wriggling around in her mouth.i find sometimes first time females eat there eggs after a few days anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFishkeeper Posted November 1, 2013 Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 Hi Mick, I always strip my females, to be honest I believe you have more trouble trying to assimilate a female back into the colony if you remove her for a while to let her release naturally. Plus by stripping she doesn't lose as much condition and is ready to breed again much sooner, which is good for you and her, because the male won't harass her as much. Cheers, Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellows Posted November 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 No worries Doug and Eh man thanks for that will be stripping as soon as I can from now on cheers Yellows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFishkeeper Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 I usually strip mine at around 16 days, Mick. Cheers, Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellows Posted November 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 Cheers for that Doug stripped 1 of my Saulosi female today after about 20 days, always a good idea to make sure the container your going to put the fry in can't let the fry out stripped about 30 fry came back 5 mins later to only 2 left dam stupid plastic breeding thing let all the fry out in with the adults so know they've had a feed of fry and I learnt a valuable leason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
