MY ''RARE'' DWARF CICHLIDS HAVE BABIES!

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MY ''RARE'' DWARF CICHLIDS HAVE BABIES!

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Two weeks ago I bought a small group of African butterfly cichlids. And I guess they like their new home, because the first pair just laid eggs already :)
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@thewatcher720 Жыл бұрын

Wow, didn't expect that. What an emotional rollercoaster. Loving your West African Butterfly Cichlids. I think they're a great feature fish choice for this tank. Thanks for the update.

@darrenderousse4804 Жыл бұрын

That’s fish keeping goals right there! Giving them the best environment to live in so they breed! So cool! Great job Mark! Hopefully they survive next time! That had to be so exciting seeing those eggs!

@kered36 Жыл бұрын

Hi MJ, groetjes uit Limburg. Now thats a sign of a good aquarium, that they were comfortable enough to breed just after 2 weeks in a new environment. im sure that it was not a fluke and im also sure that they will soon attempt to breed again. maybe set them in another tank alone so that there are no predators to eat the eggs.

@yashtapase3821 Жыл бұрын

On the second 2nd time When she will move fry/eggs you should drop sinking food above her surface so it will go down near her fries so she will not move from her babies 🤗 This idea worked for me when my rams were breeding

@tombarb2864 Жыл бұрын

Good for you MJ. Your tank has really come along! Beautiful. I have a couple of black mollys in a community tank. The female was huge.. she gave birth to a bunch of babies. The tank is heavily planted. Lots of good hiding areas. I can see about 5 babies left. They are about 6 mm long now. I’m surprised they have lasted this long. The other inhabitants I guess haven’t found their hiding place. The circle of life …

@skankhunt7017 Жыл бұрын

Wow sir, I've really got to respect your dedication and your passion to learn. You've really achieved things that is very valuable. Your art, dedication and your ways are really an inspiration, thank you and huge respect 🙏.

@jamie2424lfc Жыл бұрын

I've recently had some African butterfly cichlids in my scape as well about 4 weeks ago and stared breeding within the first 2 weeks. But they didn't live which is to be expected with new parents

@jonisolis9645 Жыл бұрын

Super lovely tank! Great going!!!!!

@jenpink4298 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful little fish! And this aquarium is just gorgeous!

@theaquaticdesert Жыл бұрын

Great news! Sell them later :) and keep a pair for you and keep breeding them 😊

@treysimmons2179 Жыл бұрын

I love it. Could definitely hear your excitement in the intro.

@aquaticnatureart Жыл бұрын

Aww rip babies

@Poeticfloetic Жыл бұрын

*Aww not awe. I was in "awe" with her beauty.

@Dozer111 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for always providing your viewers quality videos. Love watching your videos the most out of everyone in the aquarium hobby. Kudos!

@kasperskovly292 Жыл бұрын

I love this tank

@IndoorEcosystem Жыл бұрын

Pretty cool update video!

@MJin03 Жыл бұрын

That's awesome, they must really enjoy their environment.

@aquahobby1982 Жыл бұрын

This tank is really lit ❤❤

@waterlover Жыл бұрын

That was cool , I never seen or heard of those fish either

@HalifaxCollect 11 ай бұрын

Long time viewer here. Awesome videos per usual. My tank is long and shallow and 170cm/5.6 feet long. HEAVILY planted and with endless amount of roots, branches and houseplants/ferns growing out of it with their fine and dense roots. A lot of cherry and amano shrimps in there. Too many to keep track of really. Do you think African Butterfly Cichlids would pick them off and put a dent into the shrimp population? I don't mind them eating some of the shrimp babies because there's a limit to how many shrimps one "needs" but.... Yeah. What do you and your viewers think?

@rickyabdullah4758 Жыл бұрын

Great moment 👍🏻

@rosemont5339 Жыл бұрын

If they are laying eggs, they are likely happy with their environment. Good job!

@THandP_org Жыл бұрын

Congratulations on your breeding success!

@1Kent Жыл бұрын

I'm sure they'll try again, it's what they do. 😁

@MandyJane123700 Жыл бұрын

I love to watch my fish spawning behavior. I don't know if it is true, but it makes me think my tanks are in good shape if the fish breed. I don't have any tanks set up for breeding, but I did recently get one baby corydora! The other fish go on an egg feeding frenzy, but I guess they missed one.

@aquaenthusiast9185 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful tank! Sadly, there seems to be very little chance for fry to survive in a community tank. We have the same with our angle fish. One time, they made it really to free swimming fry, but when the parents moved around with them in the tank the first time, all babies were eaten in less than a minute😥

@rgilroy1909 Жыл бұрын

very cool

@miashadows Жыл бұрын

So cute! Sad they didnt make it.

@thermirodaverde7613 Ай бұрын

I bought them around 2-3 weeks (1 pair) almost same this setup(with neons) , with some xifo too..1.st observation, they was decimated my neoshrimps a lot. 2. i was seen some baby xifo in aquaruim, but i didnt see more i think they was eat them. 3. if i see good they started to search a place for the "nest". My goal was prevent xifo and shrimps to overgrow my tank, so seems very successfull, we ll see how the baby chilids ll keep up, i think they ll eat by neons and big xifos.. hopefully the balance ll be up. If i want any baby should put them separeted tank :)

@FrankZilla89 Жыл бұрын

I love drawf cichlids, my Bolivians and gold head electric Blue rams have both bread and it's fascinating to watch

@Poeticfloetic Жыл бұрын

*bred

@FrankZilla89 Жыл бұрын

@@Poeticfloetic of course, gluten free fry

@MJAquascaping Жыл бұрын

😅

@LushSaltyAquariums Жыл бұрын

Ah, the circle of life!

@richard-mtl Жыл бұрын

Your tanks are amazingly beautiful. What kind of scraper was that?

@Ekpnw Жыл бұрын

My Danios even get to the eggs you have to do separate tanks and you have to time the spawning

@noodlechild666 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if they are juveniles and still learning the ropes in regards to breeding, as the male should have helped guard and raise the fry. Will be interesting to see if they breed again and are more successful next time.

@elkemeja128 Жыл бұрын

Hi MJ. I have the same cichlids too, the Anomalochromis Thomasii. In my tank they tried so many times to have babies, but every timethe eggs disappeared. Hope next time will be good. Thank you for your beautiful videos

@frankvermeulen4621 Жыл бұрын

I love the looks of that tank. The strange "bugs" are still around? I guess they're not doing any harm. 😀 I have a soft spot for key-hole cichlids. Long ago, I had a breeding pair, but the male jumped out of the tank through the tiniest of holes and "drowned" right next to the sump filter. 😢 It's easy to get attached to these very characterfull fish. Maybe someday, again...

@MJAquascaping Жыл бұрын

Still a few bugs, but they are slowly disappearing :)

@oddball1959 11 ай бұрын

I've seen this when the female leave the eggs, they have to to eat, and they become Macdonalds for something else, one trick I know about is to use a pipette or tweezers to feed her at the pit. It does work if you would like to keep your babies safe.

@Boza_ Жыл бұрын

What type of grass do you have on the bottom it looks great

@OnlyFins_ Жыл бұрын

ive had my blue germans lay eggs but my corys ate them all. sad but still cool to see.

@deShadua Жыл бұрын

Oh man, so cool….

@tijnhollanders6932 Жыл бұрын

Would it help if you feed the female thats guarding the eggs first with a tube of some sort? That way she can stay where she is during feeding

@MJAquascaping Жыл бұрын

Yep might try that next time

@AHGAQUATICS Жыл бұрын

❤this

@harshwisdom_ Жыл бұрын

Okay so, I’m officially all in with your channel like a groupie. I started my first planted aquarium last week. I definitely jumped in unprepared…clueless…but now addicted. I am trying to properly follow the steps now. Do you have a video about water testing kits? Any recommendations? Thank you for your content.

@licor1632 Жыл бұрын

any liquid tests good. personally i use api. Ammonia, phosphate, nitrite and nitrate is a must have ones. You can skip nitrite tests since nitrate test will catch them too but i wouldn't recommend it

@Kaarataka Жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/had7athonNercWQ.html This should help

@harshwisdom_ Жыл бұрын

@@licor1632hank you for the advice. I bought the API master test kit to get started. I spent basically the entire day yesterday learning about water parameters. My brain couldn’t comprehend the difference between GH/KH/Alkalinity ha! I think I get it now. I’m sure with time I will learn through trial and error.

@renatomochileiro Жыл бұрын

Tenho alguns desses em meu tanque e no meu caso o pai e a mãe protegeram os alevinos. Tive que doar muitos poque chegam a 60!

@Scaperoot79 Жыл бұрын

Congratulations!! 🥳

@owensmith6517 Жыл бұрын

you didnt watch to the end of the video lol

@TerryLestrange 8 ай бұрын

Gave vissen. Staan ook op mijn lijst voor de toekomst!

@AquascapingLiverpool Жыл бұрын

😂🙌🏼 knew that was gonna happen, hopefully get a few survivors! Spoke too soon 😬😅*

@joshcanada3988 3 ай бұрын

What lights is that?

@littlenikki9539 Жыл бұрын

Animals and nature are fascinating. ✌️➕💙4️⃣🐠

@dayankkumarasinghe Жыл бұрын

Ouch! My heart literally hurt/melted seeing the eggs being eaten. What to do, it's Nature as it is..

@bryce4085 10 ай бұрын

My pair of African butterfly cichlids just laid eggs and I'm back to this video to see the progression of MJs!

@frankmatthiesen182 Жыл бұрын

Hello MJ :) Been watching your videos for a while, simply love all your stuff :) I have a little question not about fish or anything, but about your stand/shelf/bookcase, Is it a custom shelf spec. made ? Or can you actually buy it somewhere? Thx so much and have a nice day :)

@MJAquascaping Жыл бұрын

Got it here :) www.leenbakker.nl/kasten/boekenkasten/wandmeubel-kyan-zwart-naturel-180x120x40-cm

@TheLiddojunior Жыл бұрын

You're going to need to start feeding lots of powdered food for the new babies. More broadcast feeding powders keeps the parents now needing to move away from the eggs

@FISHHOBBY3 Жыл бұрын

How is my planted aquaria?

@dominikc.8676 Жыл бұрын

Once a couple found themselve they should be married for the whole life. Maybe the tank will be too small for a group of six. So you should think about of just keeping a couple. That tank ist really looking nice and developing extremly well 🤩

@PaulZyCZ Жыл бұрын

I had similar experience with a pair of Ramirezi cichlids. They laid eggs, but nothing came out of it.

@nyelhowardson Жыл бұрын

Where did you get that shelving rack from?

@MJAquascaping Жыл бұрын

www.leenbakker.nl/kasten/boekenkasten/wandmeubel-kyan-zwart-naturel-180x120x40-cm

@victornaesens Жыл бұрын

First! Amazing Mj!

@aquaristObn Жыл бұрын

hello, and what is the size of the aquarium?

@sjfarrell2.03 Жыл бұрын

90 x 45 x 45

@danilomercuri5103 Жыл бұрын

But they don’t need of sand?

@niklasrimme4401 Жыл бұрын

Nice! What temperature do you have in that tank?

@MJAquascaping Жыл бұрын

23C :)

@ivanvoice1 Жыл бұрын

Ram cich. on 23 °C? Hmmm, okk. Good to know that it is possibly for a long-term.

@r.a.w.talentart Жыл бұрын

Nature can be cruel unfortunately. My Kribensis regularly spawn but the eggs are always eaten by my pleco. Tbh I don't want a tank full of Kribs.

@ewnesben Жыл бұрын

🎉🎉🎉🎉

@ryan_yasin Жыл бұрын

sooo happy for you !!! it would be nice if u just let the parents do their thing and document everything the best u can , kinda like foo the flowerhorn did with his sparkling gouramis . overall congrats!!!

@ryan_yasin Жыл бұрын

okay i hadnt watched the video fully before commenting😅

@stephenblack8698 11 күн бұрын

Hmm I wonder of feeding the female directly by herself would make an impact

@anishjpeter Жыл бұрын

Fish are cannibals

@nickbovee4372 Жыл бұрын

Just wow... if they're breeding that soon, you must take care of them extremely well.

@johnverhoef Жыл бұрын

Als de eitjes het halen, zul je de babies er toch uit moeten halen mochten ze uitkomen, om te voorkomen dat ze gegeten worden. Tetras eten eitjes en babies op, vandaar. Hoeft niks bijzonders te zjn: gewoon een bak met RO water en verder helemaal niks om ze te laten uitzwemmen en uitgroeien. Als ze dan groot genoeg zijn verkopen, weggeven en een paar verdelen over de andere bakken. Tenminste, zo doe ik het altijd.

@merlost1624 Жыл бұрын

0 TDS RO water?

@johnverhoef Жыл бұрын

@@merlost1624 Ja zo zuiver mogelijk en idd 0 TDS indien mogelijk. Spons filter er in en evt nog een extra bubbel steen voor wat extra zuurstof. Ze zijn in het begin maar piepkleine wormpjes voor ze op visjes beginnen te lijken. Als ze eenmaal op visjes lijken na een week of wat, kun je ze overzetten naar wat "normaler" water, maar ik zou ze toch nog wel in RO water laten zitten tot ze op kleine versies van de ouders lijken, wat bij de meeste vissen ongeveer een maand duurt. Maar dat laatste is afhankelijk van de soort. PS: waar ik "babies" zei in het oorspronkele commetaar had ik eigenlijk liever dat je de eitjes er uithaalt. Ouders zullen protesteren, maar dat overleef je wel. PS2: qua voer kun je ze het beste eerst van die kleine wormpjes (ik ben de naam vergeten) die je zelf kunt kweken op een bord pap (brinta, bambix of gewoon bloem met water en gewoon open en bloot lekker warm laten staan. Na een tijdje groeien er dan wormpjes aan de rand van het bord die je kunt vangen en een paar maal per dag aan ze voert). Er zijn wel videos over die wormpjes te vinden, dus neem niet klakkeloos aan wat ik over die wormpjes zeg. Of je koopt een klein potje TetraMin baby - dat is poeder dat je dan in het water kunt doen. Wel even kijken vanaf wanneer dat kan, want de eerste paar dagen leven ze van het eitje zelf. PS3: als dit de eerste keer is dat je dit gaat doen is de kans waarschijnlijk groot dat je fouten maakt en 99% van de babies dood zal gaan, het is vrij gecompliceerd en je zult hoe dan ook de mist in gaan de eerste keer, want die kleintjes zijn vele malen gevoeliger dan de volwassen of tiener vissen natuurlijk. Maar laat je er niet door ontmoedigen; al doende leert men en wie weet overleven een aantal kleintjes en heb je geluk. Je zult merken hoe vaker je dit doet, hoe groter het aantal babies zal zijn dat het overleeft. Tenslotte: het is belangrijk dat je ze ook levend voer geeft. Naast de eerder genoemde wormpjes, kun je ze na een week of 2,3 baby waterkreeftjes (Artemia) voeren. Belangrijk is dat je ze in elk geval een paar keer per dag voert. Sorry voor het lange antwoord, maar ik wilde zo compleet mogelijk zijn.

@baldwinbaretto2093 Жыл бұрын

To feed the nursing mother cichlid, mix some food and water in a separate container. Use a syringe and spray the food close to the nest so that the mother doesn't have to go far.. Almost at the same time, put the food in the opposite end of the tank for the other fish..

@stevenbowerman1154 Жыл бұрын

no sow said maybe next time take them out

@klau8947 Жыл бұрын

No!!! 🥲

@Spacey7 Жыл бұрын

Why didn't you drop something that would sink down by her so she & the fry could stay safe?

@Giftig--Daniel-P Жыл бұрын

Don't feed them next time. Feed them a lot to condition them, then don't feed again for a few weeks. They will find things in the tank to eat. I haven't fed some of my fish for weeks at this point and they're doing great. In fact they're eating algae for me, even though they're not "algae eaters." Fish in the wild sometimes go months without the food they expect to find, so have the ability to eat microfauna and microflora we can't even see and still be great.

@str675r5 Жыл бұрын

So they have no babies. Laying eggs is not equal to swimming fry. Anyway good luck.

@MJin03 Жыл бұрын

Mate. The eggs hatched and then the fries got eaten by another Cichlid.

@Jammilogy Жыл бұрын

I'm disappointed. 😭

@MrTheWaterbear Жыл бұрын

Feeding spawning fish is an understandable, but amateurish mistake. Fish can go a week without food, easily. So simply just STOP. Better luck next time.