http://forum.aqua-fish.net/ A forum devoted to aquarium fish, plants, techniques and fish keeping as a whole. en http://forum.aqua-fish.net/?topic=new-member____#1 Hey whats up my name is Mike I have 2 tanks 110 gallon tank lots of interesting community fish, and 55 gallon tank with very agressive african chiclids. My chiclids are acting weird I think a pair may be mating. gallo259 2009-03-05 http://forum.aqua-fish.net/?topic=new-member____#2 Hi Mike, sounds like you could be right, what species of cichlids do you have? mickey 2009-03-06 http://forum.aqua-fish.net/?topic=new-member____#3 I'm not sure I got them from my son I'll find out and let you know. I don't think the female is holding her eggs in her mouth anymore, I can not see them and I could before. gallo259 2009-03-09 http://forum.aqua-fish.net/?topic=new-member____#4 How long do you think she was holding them for, if its longer than 3 weeks she may have released them into the tank. mickey 2009-03-10 http://forum.aqua-fish.net/?topic=new-member____#5 She only had them in her mouth since friday march 6, we actually got to witness the mating dance they were doing and her gathering up the eggs, it was pretty interesting. I'll be watching them a little closer now. I still haven't found out what kind they are yet still working on it. Mike gallo259 2009-03-11 http://forum.aqua-fish.net/?topic=new-member____#6 OK I found out what kind they were they are a mixure of malawi cichlids :electric yellow labs, red zebra, bumble bee cichlids, and one powder blue. I also have a large catfish and small catfish in the tank, and a large plecotomus gallo259 2009-03-11 http://forum.aqua-fish.net/?topic=new-member____#7 I used to breed the yellow labs, one of my favourite Africans mickey 2009-03-12 http://forum.aqua-fish.net/?topic=new-member____#8 Hey hows it going ? you say you used to breed cichlids is there any way to tell if the female still has the eggs in her mouth? I put a tank divider in the tank and friday I beleive it will be 3 week. Will the mother eat the babies if she has them? When should i take her out? Thanks Mike gallo259 2009-03-18 http://forum.aqua-fish.net/?topic=new-member____#9 I used to breed SA cichlids but be careful about moving the female as she may get stressed and eat the eggs/fry. TH eother problem you have is that if she is seperated for too long from the other fish she will have to re-establish herself in the pecking order. The fry are normally in the mouth for a week after they have hatched mickey 2009-03-19