Moving African Cichlid Fry to a Grow-out Tank!
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Well it happened! As suspected the leleupi were cooking up some lil babies in their cave, and I came home Wednesday night to find the fry hatched :O Interestingly, in the past I have left them longer and noticed more fry than what I did this time. I'm glad I got the ones that were there while I could!
In this video I show you the process of catching these little guys and setting them up in their new breeding rack/grow out tank :)
Timestamps:
1:14 - The grow-out tank/breeding rack setup
2:40 - Finding the African Cichlid fry
5:17 - Removing the fry - 2 attempts...
8:25 - An update on the fry! How did they go?
Let me know.... What are your best fry raising tips? This is my first time ever attempting to raise fry!
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"They're doing the most dangerous thing they could possibly do"! Sounds like raising kids! 😯 Nice job. It'll be fascinating to watch them develop into adulthood! 👍
Hahaha, that is exactly them!! It seems all species are the same 😅
Yea. A smaller tank would be easier. But they are quite active already and swimming around. Which means they are searching for food as well.
One great tip is to get a shrimp tank. It will build up with small bugs and worms because shrimp do not eat them. So when you see many of these creatures in the shrimp tank, you can put a batch of fry in it and they will have the perfect natural food and clean the tank up as well. Then move them to another tank when they get bigger. And support them with some ground flake food as well, to get them used to it.
I am breeding killifish myself. I have tried almost all methods to hatch the eggs. Putting them in damp peat moss, on paper towels, in water, and so on. But the best success is just tossing the eggs into a shrimp tank. Shrimp are perfect for keeping the environment clean and tumbling the eggs around.
Wowwww, how cool!! Shrimp would be so much fun to have too. Thank you so much for the tip! I might actually try that at some point :)
excited to see these little ones grow. Makes me want African Cichlids again. Beautiful set up.
I LOVE my Leleupi Lemon Cichlid in my 20Gal Tank with their babies that spawned last October 2023. And I am glad I got a hold of a 20Hal Hexagon Tank to let these BABIES grow out. Until now they are a treat to look at and the way they change color and get darker. Hope your baby físhys grow big and not get sucked up into your filter!
They’re so smol 🥹 excited to watch them grow up!
So tiny and smol 🥹 Hopefully they make it to adulthood!
Thats great news on the fry. Can't wait to see how they grow and develop.
As a guppy keeper I understand the excitement of babies, watching them grow and color up! Only difference is no saving needed bc there are always hundreds!
Hahaha, very true!! Those little guys are survivors
Kaity, I would separate the parents in a breeder tank and let them breed and care for the fry. Once the fry get a little bigger, then you could put the parents back in the tangynikan tank. Or, you could let them just continue to breed in the main tank. You won’t get all of them to survive but, the parents will get better at protecting them over time, and you’ll get some survivors.
get a prefilter sponge, or get a sponge and wrap it around the filter intake and secure it with zip ties.
Great video Kaity🤩‼️ I love the new addition to your fish keeping domain 🐟🐠🪨🥰
Thank you Joey :D
Your videos are always amazing with such beautiful and healthy fish
Thank you so much❤️ I appreciate it :)
Nice work, thanks for letting us see 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪
You are doing great. Keep it up and enjoy the learning process
Thank you so much :)
Always so exciting when you see fry its like omg my fish are happy in their environment. Also cant lie it was entertaining watching you trying to catch them. BTW when you first walked into the garage saying i had a bit of algae, i was like bloody hell thats a lot of algae but it cleared up easy enough by the look of it :) bonus is that your fry will probably love picking at the remaining bits
Hahaha, it was a bit of an algae explosion 🤣 Luckily hair algae is super easy to remove, not like black beard algae
Perfect description
I love that you said it the American way!😊
Hahaha, it's finally getting to me hearing the American pronunciation lol
I only ever fill smaller/breeding tanks from the mother tank. I either bucket it or syphon ect. Saves so much time and money trying to age new water 😊
Best of luck Kaity!
Thank you :D
Amazing video, Ms Kaity! :) Hope the babies do well for you! Thank you for another great video! You looked incredibly fancy in that white dress! :)
Thank you so much :D
I have about 8 babies scattered around my tank at the moment, put more rocks in a while back and now more are surviving.
Pretty awesome Kaity !!.
Thank you :D
Yes your the best 🐡🐠🐟😍 like to see more video's 😊
Viel Glück mit dem Nachwuchs! 🍀Für den Anfang, wenn die Jungen noch so klein sind, solltest du sie besser in einen kleineren Behälter setzen, so dass sie voll "im Futter stehen" können. 😉
beautiful fish 🐠💙
Just to give a few more reasons why this is the better way is you can suction cup the cage with the top rail just above the water line so the fry cannot swim out. the fry while in the collapsable mesh breeding cage can't swim into any filter (so you dont have to use your foam covers). And you can target feed the fry in the much smaller area of a breeding cage(3 or 4 times aday) and still let the rest of the tank operate normally. Hope this helps.
That is very good to know, thank you!!
It's always a blast to see fry in a tank! But I'm curious . . . have you considered moving the parents into your garage tank and let them spawn and raise their fry with out the competition and danger from all of the other fish? And I'd venture a guess that the adults will raise them and you probably won't need to separate them. Just a thought. Enjoy the weekend, Kaity! ~Ron
Most definitely! That's actually what I would like to do, but when I set this tank up it looked like they already were protecting some eggs. So once I grow these guys out (assuming they make it) then I'll try move the parents into there. Thanks heaps Ron :)
@@Kaityscichlids It's always a [;easure, Kaity. Have a fantastic week! 🙂
Here are my tips
- use a sponge filter
- maybe don’t have substrate at the bottom
- use a smaller tank
Hahaha, see, I predicted it! 🤣
Awesome video! That's really cool you've got some fry now to grow on, you did a really good job catching them too given how small they are! Can't wait to see how they grow on 😀🐟🐠 The rack system is coming on well, have you got any other aquariums planned for it as well as the breeding tank? I breed goldfish at home from the pond and have some success with that. I wait for the fish to start spawning then transfer weed with all the eggs in into a water butt at the bottom of the garden which I let fill with rainwater over winter. This then gets an algae bloom in it just before the fish spawn which in turn causes a copepod bloom, so by the time the eggs go in, hatch then the fry use their yolk sacs there's a really good source of food for them! I then feed flakes in there once the fish get big enough and harvest it around October/November when the goldfish are big enough to go into the pond!
Wow, that is awesome!! It sounds like you've got a really good system going with the goldfish. And thank you :D I don't have any other aquariums specifically planned yet, other than I know I need to move the mollies inside. But the rest I haven't decided on yet :O
Hi. its always exciting to have new fries soon you will have guppy fries too. you did everything you can so best luck i hope you will see them growing well. 🐡🐟🐠💕
Thank you so much 🤗🐟💕💕
U could squeeze a filter sponge or put some media in your fry tank to get some nitrate, I would worry u don't have nitrate and fry might die?
Love the anubius in your other tank on the rocks! We tried it but the Africans ate it all after a few months.
We used the syphon hose method once when we has some red Forrest jewels breeding in a community tank, we managed to save about 20 and grew them and gave them to our local fish store to sell.
Wow, that's a pretty good yield you got using the siphon! That's good to know. For the fry tank, I originally seeded it with media from my sump, and I was adding food to keep the cycle going, so I do think there were some nitrates that the algae was eating up like crazy. Because of all the Pothos in the sump the Tanganyikan tank it also doesn't get too high in nitrates (unlike the Malawi tank lol), so it wasn't too much of a change for them
Great video Kaity! You look amazing in that white dress.
I too noticed that.....she is pretty in it.
Awww, thank you!!
Your fish looks healthy, Mine are trying to breeding too,❤❤ you are best
That's so awesome to hear!🐟🐟🐟
I’m so glad that other people have drama when trying to save baby fish 😂 I have done many silly things, in an attempt to separate babies and mummas. After much craziness, I finally had success by setting up a small 20 litre cube tank, popped mumma guppy in there and the next day she gave birth to at least 40 fry. She is back with her tank mates today and the babies are safe and sound, happily eating and swimming with no predators. I had babies survive in my community tank, but now I see I was losing more than half to becoming meals for the other fish. I have another pregnant guppy, but after two days in the labour ward tank, she refused to drop them and was very unhappy. I feared she might die, so today she is back and happy again in the main tank, but sadly I know her babies will be eaten. My husband thinks I’m nuts 😂 when he watches all the things I do, and mistakes I make. Don’t worry Kaity, once you transfer the parents, you will be a grandma to lots of babies in the future. I found that those breeder boxes put in tanks, are not great for the babies to survive in, which is why I decided to get a dedicated fry tank, despite having no room for it, I gave up some kitchen bench space…that’s tank number 5 now 😂 When I started this hobby 5 months ago, I was only going to have 1 tank 🤷♀️
😄it is a dangerous hobby for getting out of control welcome and strat looking for more room possibly the garage for the expansion😂😂😂
@@sparehead2163 Yes I absolutely have MTS (multiple tank syndrome) a phenomenon effecting many fish keepers, and there is no known cure 😆 Trust me, I am always trying to find space for another tank, but I’m completely out of room, unless I start putting them outside. Unfortunately I don’t have a garage. I just told my husband last night that I’m going to need a bigger shrimp tank, now that they are multiplying. I get the impression that he regrets encouraging this latest hobby of mine.
Hahaha, that's too funny!! I used to have a Betta tank on the kitchen bench too. Throughout my life it's just been a trial and error of adding tanks to spots then working out where I don't mind having them. This is my first time trying a garage though LOL. And that's good to know, I think I will definitely get to have way more babies if I move the parents in there!
Why is Kaity so adorable
It's Laila's adorable-ness rubbing off on me!
Great vid Kaity as always. I’d just add some guppy grass. It will provide cover and food
Congrats on the breeding success
Regards Duzzy🇦🇺
Thank you heaps Duzzy :)
@@Kaityscichlidsyour welcome. I hope they’re going well.
Regards Duzzy 🇦🇺
looks like we have Fry at the same time!!! my Blue Eye Cyclids have managed to keep 3 bubbas safe!!!
Awwww, congratulations!! Hopefully they all survive :O
@@Kaityscichlids 2 have!! very excited by them!!
Rule of thumb is two times the amount of filtration per gallon example 40gl tank should have 80gls of filtration
It would be best to just move the pair itself directly for a better result. I tried to do the same you have just been doing with the jewel cichlid fry in my tank but the result was always bad. Hopefully you have a better result.
Thank you! I definitely think that will be way better
Kaity
Fry. I'll Fry them for you,
Drop an Electrical device into the tank & Zap.
(Of course I am only Joking).
They are so Small how do you Differentiate them from just particles of sand.
Incredible stuff.
Your Quarantine Tank looks Perfect for what your doing.
Classy Act as well with your Narration of what you are doing.
I see the shelf system is far more settled now.
Have Fun.
Regards
John.
You've been watching too many American youtubers if you're getting the word 'algae' mixed up...
I have the same problem now with the word 'albino' haha!
Ik ur an experience fish keeper, but id like to share to this you. Use a smaller tank so that you can see the fish and keep on track wether they are eating or not, use a sponge filter to lessen the chance of the fry getting sucked, dont use substrates/gravel, so that u can clean the tank without mixing the gravel and stressing the fish. But that tank is good for mouthbrooding cichlids since they just place the fry on thier mouth and u can know that theres fry around, bc of that big tank u wont be able to tell if there are any fry.
Help is always welcome!! Thank you heaps :) I definitely think all of that would help
What size is this aquarium
The fry one is 120x30x30cm :) And the big one, is 6x2x2ft
Cok güzel
Try feeding brine shrimp and make your own caves out of clay so its easier to remove them
You seem to have issues with algae occasionally that I'm not accustomed to. I wonder if there's something going on with your tap water that's contributing to it. I don't know, just wondering.
Honestly it's like I'm an expert at prolifically growing every species of algae 🤣 It's like a different type for each tank. It could possibly be something in the water, but I also do have very strong lights. It would be interesting to test
Big thanks ...🐟🐠🐡💕💞💓💙💙💙💚💚💚💛💛💛💦💦💦
Do you have the lights on a timer or do they do have a daylight cycle? If timer Drop hours till algae stops growing like crazy. If daylight cycle reduce hours or intensity.
I have ecotech radion even with daylight cycle it’s too long and get lots of algae growth. It’s the kind the pleco won’t eat. So become annoying.
They're got a timer on them, but I set them to be on around 12hrs a day. I normally check my tanks in the morning and night, so I find when I change it to be shorter hours I just end up turning the lights back on haha
@@Kaityscichlids I have mine cycling opposite of true sun cycle i.e. their dawn is at 2pm and gradually lightens and colour changes to a “noon” at around 8pm then they have dusk about 1-2am so basically a 12hr cycle. But light is on for 8/9 hrs with max bright for about 4/6 hrs.
I use room light to inspect. If I need to look in tank I turn on tank with the overuse. They are probably like “wtf man were trying to sleep. But they have no say as I am their master muhahaha… 🤣
Just with algae have you considered putting up a opaque background to block light on the window tank. Other option is putting up a clear tint film with UV blockout as it might cut down algae growth and still look nice and see through.
put a flower pot or coconut shell in it
I used to think that cichlids keep them in their mouths to take care of their babies, which is true.. My aquarium was a back sump and one day when I put my hand into the sump, I felt that something was touching my hand and When I looked with a flashlight, I noticed about 20 small damasoni and electric yellow fish, and it had been a while since they were born because they were about 1 cm, but I don't know how they grew without feeding. In short, I was happy that day. And I transferred them to another tank.
Omg that's crazy haha!! I remember back when my Malawi cichlids would breed, I found 2 little fry in my FX6 filter. At least it protects them when they go into the filters in a community tank haha
What kind of lights are those?
They are Chihiros Vivid Minis :)
cute white dress... u could be fish version of VannaWhite
i think its a lot easier removing the other fishes to the other tank and just leave the yellow couple and their babies in the original tank
Hahaha, honestly I think that would have been easier at this point
i most ask do u not have any Malawi females? i see most males????
I have both males and females, but I colour feed them which makes the females appear male :)
Bare bottom tank, heater, and a sponge filter. No HOB, you will loose them
asking is easy but i sure understand catching fries lifting that rocks at midnight after gym is tough , but instead of pippet why not use the betta bamboo net
It was definitely tough lol. And I'm not too sure how a small net would go with the substrate, I think it might be hard to get underneath them. I could give it a go though
kaity is a beautiful mommy.
What in the world
You need to remove the female from the tank when she has the fry in her mouth
The eggs were not in the cave they were in the mothers mouth until they hatched
Then she carries the fry in her mouth till the pressure from the school of fish becomes to much and she spits them out
Remove the mother with fry in her mouth before that happens
katie putting in the work and uploading at 1 am let's go, im here for it
Hahaha, I'm on the grind 😤🙌
Congratulations on the fry……..I keep the mbuna variety of cichlids so babies in the tank are not uncommon. Hybrid mbuna are a huge problem in pet stores in the USA so I do nothing and let them become snacks for the adults.
Kaity best of replacing the filter with just sponge filters for a fry tank, much safer lol, best of luck with the upbringing
Love that you go to the trouble for perhaps just a couple of little fishies.
👍🏻
I am wondering if making a wee cave for the fry to be able to go someplace dark where they can feel safe?
Beautiful babies. Could you please help me with what type of lids you used in your tank please?
When you are using the turkey baster you need to squeeze it prior to submersing it in the water. From your video it looked like you were squeezing it under the water. What this does is push the water out and this push any nearby fry away
Oh my gosh ,you will get a handle on it. Next time just put the mated pair in the tank by there self and then take parents out. Better luck with them all living. Repeat progress 👏
Thank you!! I'm hoping I will be able to catch them out to do that. It'll be much less stressful that way for them I think🐟💕
Keep them in a smaller tank they will find more food and give them lots of baby Daphne all baby Brine
A fine mesh net works well for catching them, also please get a new syphon hose Kaity-that is a health issue with all that mold, Bunnings sell it by the roll n its inexpensive vs a hospital visit
Off topic for the video, Kaity, and I don't know if you broach it somewhere in one of your other videos, but how did you get Leila so tame? I have two (male) Pacific Parrotlets and they're not tame. Both bought in a store. Maybe Leila is a handfed baby you got privately? She's so cute, I always hope to see more of her (are we sure it's a female?) but I understand this is a fish-channel so to speak.
Anyway, greetings from Sweden...👋
She was hand-fed and raised by my Aunty before I got her which definitely helped, and my Aunty said Laila's personality was quite confident. She has laid an egg before so she's definitely a girl. The other thing my Aunty mentioned is that if you get one Parrotlet they're more likely to bond to you whereas if you have two they're more likely to bond to each other. I'm always happy to answer questions about little Laila and definitely show more of her :p
Kaity i dont know where you and i dont want be wierd but i'd be more then happy to help you your tanks. cheers
You might want to use a net fish net
When I was breeding maingano cichlids, while a small tank was easier I don't see it being a necessity. Fed 3 times a day, crumbled up flakes almost like a dust and mix it into the water column. They would often times eat while I wasn't watching.
Thank you, that is good to know!
I am a recent fin baby dad as well. I share your excitement and look forward to seeing your fish babies grow up as well. BTW, I also had a few moments when rescuing babies that went better in my head.
Awww, congratulations!! Hahaha, often these things seem to go better in my head
I think putting the couple in that separate tank would be perfect 👌 They will raise the fry at a certain point then you can syphon or net them to lower aquarium.
I think that's definitely a better idea!! Because this was chaos 😱
Love your fish keeping journey. I appreciate your trials and tribulations
Thank you! :)
Hi Kaity! I's Bob form Touch The Sun... I have had a sudden breakout of Black Angel fish. Today I'm going to buy a breeder tank and get busy breeding Black Angels.
That's so exciting! Congratulations on your fry :) I hope they grow up happy and healthy 🐟💕
@@Kaityscichlids First time was a surprise. The other fish ate 'em all. Second time was much bigger! I tried to isolate the eggs, but they were a failure. The parents will clean them. So, let's start a breeder tank just for them Right! What would Kaity do?
Look beautiful ❤
Great video that’s so amazing you have babies now can’t wait to see them grow up
I'm so excited 😁🐟🐟🐟
Been away for a bit. Great video to come back to. Now I need to play catch-up
Welcome back!! 🙏
More flirtation and less light will kill the algae
I think you are right!! It autocorrected filtration to flirtation lol
How does your water not evaporate?
I get some evaporation, but it's not too bad. After 2 weeks you normally can see a noticeable difference
i'm still waiting for you to get fish that's more prettier than you.....been waiting for awhile.....
👍🏼👍🏻💘❤😍
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Congratulations G'mama, on your Philip J. Fry. ;)
Kaity great job and video! As you learn the tricks of raising fry I am sure you will read many useful tips from all your subscribers. A few tips that work for me is siphoning with an aquarium depth rigid tubing attached to some flexible airline and a small shut off valve at the end. Works well for cleaning debris and moving the fry. You can control the flow precisely by using gravity to back flow by raising/lowering the siphoning line in a plastic container. Another tip is using snails as your aquarium cleaners. Algae isn’t such a problem when they are eating it constantly. All the Best! Dave
Hi Mum, your local fish store should have floating nursery products about 6" x 4" ... You could even use then in the parents tank.
Maybe put some more rocks into the main tank to give the future fry a better chance of survival. Flake is good as a second food choice for the fry but they should be big enough to take baby brine shrimp and they will grow much quicker. Good luck👍
With your pond fish, if you were losing your ricefish one at a time, I would have said your swordtails were taking them out as there was a significant size difference between your swordtails and ricefish. But losing 7 ricefish and a swordtail at the same time would suggest an environmental issue like water parameters or disease. Maybe test the water with your test kit. Check amongst the rocks as you may find your missing fish but I have found with smaller fish the bodies can melt away quickly.
Putting some fine filter bag around the filter intake will work. The foam as you have is fine.as long as holes are smaller the fish. Saves have puréed fish.
I opened up a prof 3 canister filter nd found an electric yellow in there about 1” long. Not sure how long he was in there for. As no other ” babies in the tank.
The heater is fine it would drop and they would take off.. hopefully you got yourself one of those inkbird controllers or something similar to watch temps as you don’t want them to cook
excellence aquatic rescue and you'll be surprised even species that don't eat their own sometimes there's Rarity smart move
Wow the amount of poop In that tank is crazy if your going to be a breeder I suggest going with bare bottom tanks the amount of unneeded work you did was just crazy
For that tank in the garage with put in the filter foam on there you also have an intake at the middle of the hang up on the back. If you look it’s right below the pump, the square part on the bottom.
It would much more fun moving the breeding pair to s separate tank and let them care for the fry
You are gorgeous 😍
This is a great video I was breeding guppies and tried to catch some and save them from being eaten babies are awesome 🙌
Intentalos sacar con un sifón , se van a lograr esos alevines 👍 , saludos 😃🙏...
Hi Kaity, how exciting!
Thank you :D🎉
love your white dress' your videos new always so inspiring
Thank you so much :)
You’re so very welcome 🙏
Congratulations on your baby fry I look forward to seeing them grow up🇦🇺🇦🇺
Thank you :D
Му favourite cichlid are Julidochromis, that's my love for all my live)
They are very vey cute! I really like my Julies :)
Girl of my dreams just ruined her garage and is no longer the dream hahaha... Its supposed to have a tool chest, bike lift and ATLEAST 3 motorbikes in there...
jUST kidding. i got a facotry with car hoists and more tools than i need :P
Love the videos and content! I cant wait until next summer in melb so go catching cool little fish and releasing them back into their homes.
I like the hunt but i dont like killing stuff, I like the we have people to remove pest destroying aussie land.. (lived in cairns).. Although i can catch and cook yabbies haha, theyre yum
Haha I am the same as you!! I really like catching things, but I don't like killing stuff AT ALL (though I don't judge people who do). But for me the fun is the catch! And thank you heaps :)