150g tropheus tank build.UPDATED with more videos 8/14

[cu0ngsayz]

So a female muzi was holding for quite some time. So I decided to take out all the rocks from my tank now I don't see her pouch anymore.. :( I think she ate them!!!

[cu0ngsayz]

thanks frankie.. trying to save up for some ecotech MP40 and build my canopy then i would pretty much be done with equipment.

[Darth Coqui]

Good job Coung. I dig the whole setup man. I really do like the whole scape and all and even the Oflow in the middle.
Buy some brews for your bro and make sure he starts to take more pics.
Man I really dig your setup.
Thanks for sharing

Frankie

[cu0ngsayz]

Alright I guess I'll wait around 3 week or so. Let's see how this goes...

[New_Cichlid11]

i strip my chaitikas all the time usually i way 2wks and half and strip, the babies have sac still but it goes away after a week in a breeding net or i just let them spit and scoop them. If you wait around 3 weeks and u net the females she will spit in the net most of time.

[moganman]

I've stripped mine as early as two weeks, but they still have the egg sac. Key is to look at the female's cheeks. With mine, when I see darkness through the translucent cheeks, I figure the babies are big enough to be fine once I strip them. I never have a good experience with stripping though. The females always look bad afterwards. I hate it.

[eklikewhoa]

20-25 is good.

[cu0ngsayz]

So what's a good time to strip her I don't wanna have to tumble the eggs. I asked sunny he said he usually wait around 25 days. What do ya think?

[moganman]

I know with my fish, the later I strip, the bigger the babies, the harder it is to get all of them, and the more stress the female undergoes. You could always let her spit lol.

[eklikewhoa]

Depends on you personally.

If you have the means to tumble them and need the numbers to increase in your colony then strip her after a week or two, the later the better.

[cu0ngsayz]

one of my moorii muzi started holding today. should i just let her go full term or should i strip her and when?

[cu0ngsayz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfHQ5-9Y8ic&feature=youtube_gdata_player

They're lighting fast when it's feeding time

[cu0ngsayz]

yep

[eklikewhoa]

If you like it, that's all that matters, the fish are at your mercy....

[cu0ngsayz]

Like Q said about feeding. "no one tells them when and when not to eat in the wild"... So no one tells the rocks where and how many in a section. Hahah but over all I think theyre ok with this scape and can get away from the bigger crazy male.