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echo: nanfe
to: ROBBY DITTMANN
from: DOUG MCHARG
date: 1998-01-18 11:46:00
subject: Breeding Convicts

Robby Dittmann wrote in a message to Mark Dudley:
 MD> It's my understanding that fry almost always have to be 
 MD> put in a seperate tank
 MD> to prevent them from becoming just another meal.
 RD> So I'm supposed to remove the unhatched eggs?  What's the safest
 RD> way to do that without damaging them?
Aaaaaahhhh!!!!   No!!!!!
Not with cichlids.  The fry will grow to adults without the parents eating 
them (providing that you feed them properly).  Oh, and let your aquarium 
develope some algae on the side or back glass.  The fry like to nibble on 
this (either the algae or the microorganisms).
 --Doug 
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