I AM SO EXCITED YOU GUYS

[eitakppurk]

I just walked past my tank to get some more coffee and noticed two cyps dancing around each other (the alpha male and who I THOUGHT was a male starting to color), and I checked them out for a minute and BOOM egg drops!! I am so excited!! I thought once before that they spawned but it turned out that one of them just had a mouth full of food or something, but this time I saw the evidence, egg after egg!!

woohoo!

[Regalblue]

Great news & even better...  you got to witness it.   Pretty cool how they spawn mid water, huh?

[jcunningham0295]

Very cool to see.   Congrats!!!

[Stan M.]

Nice Congrats!!!

[eitakppurk]

Thanks guys! I am going to take Mr Cunningham's advice and separate her from the community tank, but i have a couple questions. Should i separate her now or wait a few weeks? Is she supposed to eat or will she swallow or spit eggs?

[Marty]

They typically won't attempt to eat while holding.  I would put her somewhere that doesn't have a lot of foot traffic.  If I recall correctly, they can get spooked and spit the eggs out.

[jcunningham0295]

What might be best is just to put her in a breeder net in the same tank.  This would help minimize the initial stress of a bigger move.

[Ron]

CONGRATS!!!

[eitakppurk]

Good ideas, thanks! I covered the half o f the tank that faces the corridor with a sheet to keep from startling her. Im leaving on a ten week trip in a couple of weeks so i will put her in a breeder net before i go and give my husband instructions from there.

As an aside, i feel like this "experience" boosted the alpha male's confidence like crazy, he's flashing at anything that moves. My female lamp brevis spinsters are starting to get annoyed!

[eitakppurk]

Well I'm leaving for the Arctic tomorrow and I woke up to another holding cyp...i told my husband to come on the forum and ask questions if he needs help, hoping to come home to lots of fry!

[olliesshop]

Congratulations!  It seems like it took forever for my Cyps to start breeding and they finally bred in April, very exciting too.  Since then they're on their 3 round with 1 dominant male and 3 females.  I luckily also saw their mating ritual and was able to get video ... woohoo! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp2dxS3hlYw.  Maybe it will come in handy if you want to show folks the process.  FYI, they're Cyprichromis Coloratus Jumbo Yellow F1, which would make the new fry F2's right? (30+ fry now)

Good luck with your Cyps!  All the best and have a great time in the Arctic!