My Yello Lab had babies

**junkers12** · 05-07-2012, 02:03 AM

Hello all I got my breeding box installed and I stripped the mother fish. The other breeding box was no good 6 babies went through the holes and some happy bumble bee cichlids had a free lunch. I had to get an air pump as well, it operates the trickle system. The babies that I got out were 8 so if the others did not get eaten I would have had 11 not bad for the first clutch. I will post photos soon.

**escamosa** · 05-07-2012, 02:20 AM

That's great! After this lot, you will probably find that you might get around 30 next time.

Just don't forget to keep the female seperated for a little while, so that she can eat and get some condition back again. A lot of the time, once they start to breed, they will keep going and going, and the females can get terribly skinny.

**junkers12** · 05-07-2012, 04:00 AM

She got out when I opened the lid and she fell to the ground and I put her in the tank without thinking. I did a feeding and she went to eat right away. I now know who the father is he keeps around her all of the time now. I might try to catch her when the kids go to bed.

**junkers12** · 05-07-2012, 04:09 AM

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Here are some pics of my fishes little brood. I hope you enjoy. I am very excited about this I have never had fish breed for me before and yellow labs are easy to breed.

**escamosa** · 05-07-2012, 09:14 AM

I bet the kids think that this is great! My two boys were amazed! I think they nearly wore a track in the floor, from the living room to the tank room and back again.

**Old Marine** · 05-07-2012, 09:33 AM

Congratulations

It is allways a thrill when you get fish breeding for you.

**Northerly** · 05-07-2012, 04:06 PM

thats awesome:) ive got a holding maingano seperated into a fry tank right now, just waiting for her to spit:) there is also another maingano holding in my main tank and a zebra as well, my fish are almost too eager to breed!

**junkers12** · 05-07-2012, 04:29 PM

Thank you for all your comments. I have to talk my wife in letting me get a 20 gallon grow out tank. Yesterday I dropped $80 at my LFS store for the air pump,hoses,valves,and air stone for the 90 gallon. Since I had the 90 I have been buying things for the tank every two weeks. Now I have to get a grow out tank the wife might get mad. Lol. It was my oldest boys birthday yesterday and he was excited the fish were born on his birthday.