Striping a cichlid holding s. multi fry

Christina · Post by **Christina** » 01 Mar 2004, 04:07

When is the best time to strip?
I guessed with this batch and striped at 9 days past spawn. The babies are doing wonderfully, eating and swimming well.

Should I have stripped the cich sooner? Would that have given me more multipuntatus babies?

When are the yolksacks absorbed?

Thanks.

pturley · Post by **pturley** » 01 Mar 2004, 13:44

They don't have a yolk sac to speak of. The catfish eggs hatch at 24-36 hours and start feeding immediately.

Christina · Post by **Christina** » 01 Mar 2004, 14:43

Hmmmm, so when would a good time to strip the holding female cich?

Thanks.

pturley · Post by **pturley** » 01 Mar 2004, 15:03

I used to strip mine 3 days post spawn and would have up to 56 Synodontis fry per mouthful. Typically 10-40 per mouthful (varied greatly week to week).

The hardest part to raising them is keeping them from eating each other. It's not until they are strong swimmers (and can evade another) that you can house them tightly together.