Brennan

I had some unexpected yellow lab mbuna cichilid fry. They are currently in a 10g with the mom. My questions are how long will the mother refrain from eating them and is it okay to feed mbuna fry the aquarium coop fry food that I give to my guppies?

Update: So the survivors Juvenile Angel, 3 ottos, 2 pladdys, and 3 ottos seem to have recovered. I didnt empty and nuke the tank however i have done frequent water changes. My last question is there anything i should be doing to prevent accidental contamination of my other tanks? I have 75g mbuna tank and 4 20g longs with super reds i breed. I have been careful to keep all equipment that i used on the diseased 40g to that tank and not use it elsewhere but is there anything i should dose the other tanks with?

I dosed copper yesterday as the week treatment of API was pretty ineffective. Id hate to lose all the plants and 6inches of substrate but if thats the only way to start the process of rebuilding then i will. Starting a new cycle is not an issue as i have multiple old established tanks that have not been effected (knock on wood).

I made the idiotic mistake of not quarantining some new fish prior to introducing them into my 40g breeder. It was a stupid move I know and my tank paid the price. The new fish brought with them some kind of bacterial infection that left a white film like coating on their dead bodies. It killed all the bristlenose, angels, amazon puffers. I noticed the last amazon puffer prior to its death had one fin pinned to itself. I treated with one of apis products which left a few survivors. One albino cory, 3 ottos, and a pair of not so good looking plady. My real question is can the tank be saved? Is saving it an option or do i have to remove all the plants, sand, filter media, rocks, possibly remaining fish and bleach the entire tank? I have never had such a disaster before so any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks for clearing that up for me, in the excitement of getting the new fish i got the two confused.