Michigan Cichlid Association
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Kaia on July 20, 2013, 12:00:00 AM
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Well I finally have 2 batches of ruby green babies. I'm guessing about 40ish between 2 moms. As these fry grow what should I look for as far as quality? I will probably feed any bad ones to my Malawi tank?
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I found this
http://www.cichlidae.com/askpam/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=102
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OMG?!? boiling water? NEVER!!! I think freezing them is the most humane. Most natural is letting other fish have a meal. Guess I will need to do some reading on gill plates.
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If they're small, I'd say feed them to other fish. If larger, you can euthanize with the freezer method. You can also throw them onto cement really hard (I've never done this myself, but I know it's fast). You can also use a bucket with a lot of tranquilizer in it. Finally, you can use clove oil.
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I put my runts an deformities into my tanks with larger fish they never last long. For larger fish I usually bash them on the cement. Seems to be the fastest. Freezer seems slow and painful.
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Small.... feed to something else larger
Big..... cut it's head off, right behind the Gill plate, with a very sharp knife. (Do it quickly as possible )
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I throw them in with a big durgon trigger doesn't matter big or small he makes a snack out of it.
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As for quality, I'd look for any that have physical deformities and remove them (kinked spine/body, misformed mouth, missing eyes, missing pectoral fin, etc). FWIW, this shouldn't happen much unless there is injury while tumbling within the mothers mouth, as the result of stripping eggs/fry (accidents happen), or they have been inbred too much.