Brennan Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atitagain Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 IME when she stops collecting them in her mouth constantly. The fry will tend to roam further away, it can be a fine line. But if the fry are free swimming you can pull the mother anytime. The Co-op fry food will work fine, I like to target feed by putting the food in a small container, add water, swish around mixing well, then using a turkey baster hover over fry when releasing food. You can also do this with repashy foods. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 (edited) Live baby brine shrimp is also good for the young mbuna fry. You'd just need an airstone, salt, a mason jar, and shrimp eggs. Edited August 16, 2022 by Chick-In-Of-TheSea 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 I think we’d all like to see a pic of momma Mbuna with a mouth full of fry 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 On 8/16/2022 at 11:26 AM, Patrick_G said: I think we’d all like to see a pic of momma Mbuna with a mouth full of fry 🙂 Yesss!!! Please please please! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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