Good luck to you and your loved ones during these troubling times. Stay safe, stay calm, stay healthy 😘

@roystevenson1297

3 жыл бұрын

okay I'll keep a very close eye I'll try to make sure they don't get jumped 🙃 Thank you so much for your help I appreciate it so much I send you my prayers stay safe again thanks ❤

@JUANLOPEZ-dl6ux

3 жыл бұрын

Smart beautiful business woman

@marlonholder878

2 жыл бұрын

@@JUANLOPEZ-dl6ux 3

@JNoodle247

Жыл бұрын

Hi are you still making Videos,Haven’t seen you and you do such a Great Job..Thanks Again for past Videos 👏💯

Good filtration, water flow and waterchange, and I never measure the water quality parameters, and my cichlide are having a good life 😊🐟

@D04137

4 жыл бұрын

khoffmann1978 same here. Haven’t measure in over half a year and set up 3 new tanks since then ... keep your tank filtered like you said and change that water !!!

Richell has always been a favorite of mine. She is so knowledgeable and explains things so well. We miss here videos! 2-1-24! Richell really loves what she does this is why she us so successful!

@QuebecCichlides

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words. Your call earlier was much appreciated 🥰 (I’m assuming this is the Andy I spoke to over the phone)

This was so helpful, we had a surprise one day with a little fry pop its tiny head out of a rock. It was the coolest things to see.

@Kap-ge2pt

Жыл бұрын

Exactly what happened to me just now, did you have to separate any of the fish or fry? Or did you leave them in there?

@HauntingAcrossAmerica

Жыл бұрын

@@Kap-ge2pt We left it be, the ones we assume are its parents had been very protective of the fry. It has been growing up nice and big now its not much of a fry anymore.

I have a tank with mostly Bumblebee Cichlids. I isolated a female that was holding. She ended up with 70 fry! I had an old 55 gal and raised them in there until I found homes for them. A lot of fun! Thanks for all the videos, I love the fish and love your enthusiasm!

@jeffharris96

4 жыл бұрын

Chuck Schmidt I’ve had to stop with the Crabro, I’ve got hundreds of them already 😂 last time she had 115 fry in her mouth 😳

@QuebecCichlides

4 жыл бұрын

Great story. Thank you for sharing it :D Crabro breed like crazy. It's like if the females can hold more than other Mbunas. I'm glad you were able to house them all.

@lisagalloway6230

2 жыл бұрын

Did you have to separate the babies from the parents?

@schmidt28117

2 жыл бұрын

@@lisagalloway6230 Thd mother holds the eggs / babies for about 3 weeks. Toward the end I put the mother into a separate tank. She will start sputting out the babies when they are ready. Once done I moved the mother back to the main tank. She will usually not attack her own fry.

@lisagalloway6230

2 жыл бұрын

@@schmidt28117 she already spit them out. The mother, father and babies are in a 65 gallon tank, no other fish. Both parents seem very protective.

Its a joy to watch a passionate and devoted person who loves not only the hobby but the sharing a true inspiration

@QuebecCichlides

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

It is really hard to see so less subs on such an amazing channel thank you so much ma’ad learned alot from this channel

@QuebecCichlides

3 жыл бұрын

No worries, I'll restart posting videos soon and I'll get more subs 😅 Thank you

Thank you for the break from all the hype in the media.. always good and helpful tips and you Make it fun

@QuebecCichlides

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I needed a break too. It's good to talk about fun stuff.

@evancheese4898

4 жыл бұрын

QuebecCichlides I know I’m doing a Malawi pond now and I tell ya it will bring out blue dolphin colors with the black back ground. Happy fish keeping and you can talk to me any time about fish u know that even my fiancé is getting into it a little

@QuebecCichlides

4 жыл бұрын

@@evancheese4898 That sounds magnificent. Congratulations on getting your fiancé into the hobby. She's going to love it...I hope :P

@sarahbrome5564

4 жыл бұрын

Aquariums are also a great hobby while we practice social distancing!😁😁

Lots of help Just got my first batch safe and sound in my cycle 20 gl tank this week

@QuebecCichlides

4 жыл бұрын

Congratulations :D What fish is it?

This video was very helpful to me and I understood how to take care the fry. How to differentiate male and female in demasoni

Another great vid👍✌️💪😎

Hello gorgeous. I'm an avid viewer from Philippines😍 I'm also a cichlids hobbyist. And I'm learning too from your vids.

Nice to see you luv.

thanks for the video, loved it. i bought 8 EB. acara about a month ago, 2 paired off and layed eggs, i was able to remove the parents and the rock with the eggs to a 10gal., they are such good parents. approx. 80 free swimming fry. i would like to thank , you and ben awesome fish

@QuebecCichlides

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Joanne, Thank you for the feedback! I'll tell Ben about it. He'll be happy to hear that they're already breeding! 80 Fry! You're gonna need a big tank for those ;-)

Hi Richelle, very informative video thanks. My cichlids have been breeding a lot in the past months but for a couple of months I have no breeding at all... any ideas about why? And how to promote breeding?

I do breed these living jewels..for fun because I enjoy it. I share my fish with my close friends and got them into the hobby. By the way Richelle your eyes are very beautiful!!! Hermosos Ojos!👍🏼 many blessings to you both!!!

@QuebecCichlides

4 жыл бұрын

Your friends must love you!

@litoloco4fish

4 жыл бұрын

@@QuebecCichlides You know how friends are!!! There ❤ is 100% CONDITIONAL😜

@QuebecCichlides

4 жыл бұрын

@@litoloco4fish LOL!

I normally just swap them for fish food. I grow them out for up to 8 weeks. I got £60 worth of food for the last batch. I didn't count them but there was roughly 65/75 fry . I do keep some back for my self its nice to have some fish that was raised in your tanks. Nice video thanks 🙂👍🏻

@QuebecCichlides

4 жыл бұрын

It's awesome that your LFS is generous with you 😊

@JustMyFish

4 жыл бұрын

@@QuebecCichlides well I know he will sell them at £7.99 but also it will take a long time for him to sell them. But he will make a massive profit About £480. That like £420 profit for him. But for me its 2 years supply of food🙂👍🏻

@D04137

4 жыл бұрын

JustMyFish lol yeah oh well just remember before the dad dies to grow that batch out so you can take the dominant male and breed him more

thank so much for this video 🌝 you help me so much I just found out I have some fly-in my tank and I did not know what I'm going to do watching this video you gave me some options that was so helpful I have one problem I just don't know which one is a female and I don't know how many I have my tank is Mix with different African cichlids the only thing I know they only get up to 7 to 8 that's the only thing I know LOL I do I love your KZread channel is very educational

Yes two days ago i've witnessed my female Lake Malawi Cichlid laying eggs and one of my other Cichlid whom of which i thought was also a female was circling her eggs and she picked them back up in her mouth....Now i have a 75 gallon Cichlid Community Tank with Opaline Gouramis in there (only 2) but over 20 Cichlids in my Community, So my question is; Was it ok that i took my Holding Female out into another tank by herself(20gallons)?

We're a African cichlids breeding family. I started with a Mbuna show tank and my 10 yld son wanted to catch and raise some frys.........and then it started. My son is now 12 yld, he breed, raise and sell fish as a buisness. We now have 11 aquariums and my show tank now just have a few breeding groups. My son now breed and sell: Pseudotropeus saulosi Yellow labs White labs sp. NKhali Pseudotropeus maingano Yellow tail acei Afra lion sanga Zebra obliquiden Tropheus bemba orange flame We have a group of wild caught tropheus red rainbow on the way from Africa that hopefully will become a nice breeding group. Anyway I understand what you mean about becoming more work then a hobby lol

@QuebecCichlides

4 жыл бұрын

What a great story! Thank you so much for sharing. You've opened your son to the world of entrepreneurs. 🥰That's priceless!

Really, i love your eyes!

Hiw do I know which ones are breeding and which one do I need to put by there self

Please tell me why your videos stopped? I love you knowledge and really helped me

You’re very smart ☺️

Hi great video I like this video it gave me some ideas what to do because I do believe I have females in my aquarium great video 👍

Hey Rochelle! I have had my new 200L (51G) mbuna tank for a couple of months now. I have an fx4 filter and plenty of rocks. I have 17 fish. My lightly coloured cobalt blue zebra seems to be the tank boss and is chasing others around a fair bit. Do I need more fish? Does he need a time out in a separate hospital tank? Add even more rocks? Thank you Rochelle for your expertise

@QuebecCichlides

4 жыл бұрын

There are plenty of options for your fish :) Check out this video, I'm sure it will help kzread.info/dash/bejne/fXl8lryElb23pZs.html Good luck with your cobalt.

I’m had to reign it in I’ve gone from one main tank to one main tank and four fry tanks 😆 I’ve decided to let the more common ones spit in the tank and concentrate on rarer or my favourites like Maison reef or Demasoni.

Nice to see you

So I have a tank with 3 cichlids one bumblebee and two Demanson's for about 6 months now. I was not trying to breed them but it happened and at the moment I’ve only seen one fry and was wondering if it would be a good idea to separate the mom and fry from the dad and bumblebee. If anyone could give me some more info or help it would be much appreciated!

Hello!!I have a question one of my mbunas is holding!Is it better to remove her of the main tank and put her in a smaller one alone or put her into a breeding box into the main tank??can the filer caught the fry?

My Haplochromis phytophagus m that has been consistently breeding with an OB peacock f. They have produced approximately 7 fry that have so far survived in the same tank as parents. Of the 7, 2 are jet black, 3 are vertically striped & the other 2 are pale w no markings as of yet. The survivors are still quite small, 1/4 inch - 1/2. Can't wait till they grow up. I know they are from the 2 adult fish because they are the only fish in that tank. I'll post pics of the survivors when they get bigger. Love your vids. Stay well & prosper.

@QuebecCichlides

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. That's such a random mix. I'm sure they'll be pretty.

i have 2 sunshine breeders running but my strawberry peacock breeded with my lemon jake female in my 55, i didnt want hybrids, but now i have 2 colors of fry. i call them strawberry lemonade

@D04137

4 жыл бұрын

jordan team feed to bigger cichlids.. I don’t like hybrids lol

Hi if i have a couple of females holding at the same time can I put them together in a another tank so the male doesn't keep chasing them? Will the females be ok with eachother? They're the same species

What do you feed the just born frys

Hi for how long I can keep a fry (1) on a breading box? I did removed it from the community tank.

@QuebecCichlides

4 жыл бұрын

I usually leave them a couple of weeks, until they can eat at the surface. I don't leave them too long, or else they die.

I am trying to figure out what kind Sick let's I have

I have my 1st holding female. I am going to let her go to term. She is isolated in her own tank now. 3 Questions. 1. Do you continue to do water changes while while she is holding? If so, how often and how much? 2. I am using a small canister filter (tank already cycled) with a filter sock over the intake. It doesn't seem to move a lot of water out the exhaust port, but I don't know what is good for the African fry. Will this be ok? 3. Keep lights on or off? I've raised American Cichlids many times and I changed nothing on the way I did things in the tank, but it seems African Cichlids are a bit more sensitive to things. Thanks...

I have African cichlid I can't tell which ones are breeding but I looked and I seen two babys in my tank but I dont know what ones are breeding

Hi my blue peacock is mating with my electric blue, is this bad?

What could be the reason for why my peacock breeding pair have stopped breeding? There are other fish in my tank breeding, water is great, plenty of water changes etc. Just not sure why this specific pair have stopped breeding. The female has also grown quite a lot. Any help or advice would be appreciated 😊

Just had a batch of cichlid inmate's had about 65 In one go now I'm getting a bigger tank

i just started breeding and invested in a few breeding groups i cant wait

@QuebecCichlides

4 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah! Welcome to the hobby :D

@exoticeatswithjon699

4 жыл бұрын

@@QuebecCichlides thank you

What is the name of the plant shown at the 3:58 mark?

Good day, do I have to catch my pregnant fish and release the eggs for her?

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Does fries of the same batch breed with each other when they become adults?

@QuebecCichlides

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. Definitely

Nice video! I have a small question about breeding. I have one aquarium that hold only female cichlid but now one Mbuna seem to be holding, can female lay unfertilized egg and they hold them even of there is no male or it mean that one of my female is a male in disguise?

@QuebecCichlides

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Olivier, It's possible for females to hold unfertilized eggs. I guess they get bored without the males lol. You'll know after 3 days. That's usually how long it takes for the unfertilized eggs to start to decay and either be swallowed by the mother, or spit out and eaten by her friends. If it's been more than that, chances are that you have a male in disguise :)

@olivierpelland1027

4 жыл бұрын

@@QuebecCichlides Haha! I guess she found a way to keep herself busy lol. Since I was not sure if it was too late or not I put her old lover back with her in hope he would maybe fertilized the eggs if it was still possible but obviously it did not work. Normally the female might be able to have eggs in how long after such a thing happen? Thank again for your help, I reaply love cichlid but I still have so much to learn. They are a constant learning project :-)

Love u an ur vids

@russella4596

4 жыл бұрын

First..yesss lol

@russella4596

4 жыл бұрын

Can we get more frontosa vids?

@QuebecCichlides

4 жыл бұрын

@@russella4596 Thank you :) And noted for the frontosa,

Hy im from indonesia. I keep a red jewel cichlid. Happened to lay eggs and hatch in aquariums. How old can the fry be fed ?? Thnks...

@QuebecCichlides

3 жыл бұрын

Feed them with fry starter as soon as they start swimming 🐟🤓

@santikablind2498

3 жыл бұрын

@@QuebecCichlides thank you..

Plz make video on, how to differentiate male & female severum cichlid at the size of 2 inch

@QuebecCichlides

4 жыл бұрын

Hi there. That's pretty specific. Severum are hard to tell apart, especially at that size. This video might help : kzread.info/dash/bejne/o39r08-nYbGylqQ.html

Have a pregnant female all are the same breed of cichlids will the fry be ok with them

@QuebecCichlides

4 жыл бұрын

What kind of cichlid is it?

Can u tell me if she is actually breeding

how many inch a fry should be able go in the mane tank ??

@QuebecCichlides

3 жыл бұрын

Depends on your fish. If they're adults, at least 2 inches If they're juvies, you can add them in a lot younger

@roystevenson1297

3 жыл бұрын

@@QuebecCichlides yah most of them are adults the sizes are from 4/6 / 10gal to 60gal African cichlids tank so you said they can go in main tank at 2 / 3 inch right ??

@QuebecCichlides

3 жыл бұрын

Yup 😊 Just check them out when you add them to make sure they don't get beat up. They're is always a risk

Once my female spits out her babies, do I need to separate her from them?

@QuebecCichlides

2 жыл бұрын

I usually put her back into the main tank

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Unless my memory is failing in my old age (definite possibility!), I don't think you've ever done a video on how you pack and ship - and get the fish ready as well. Us fish geeks love to see the inner workings of the fish industry. Right now my Sewellia loaches are breeding like rabbits - I plan on spreading them to all my tanks. I don't try to breed my fish - I just try to make them happy.

@QuebecCichlides

4 жыл бұрын

That's definitely in my future plans 😉 I'm shipping out fish next week, you've motivated me to film it!

I have so many baby cichlids and have tried to give them away! I don't know what to do. I'm in Arizona. The pet store doesn't want them.

@QuebecCichlides

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Sarah, Have you tried giving them away on social media? Or on Craigslist (or the website that's active in your region) ? Maybe check with a specialized fish store 😉

@sarahbrome5564

4 жыл бұрын

@@QuebecCichlides thanks for the quick response! I haven't tried Craigslist.. I will. I'm so neurotic about them going to homes that won't give them proper care. It would be kinder to cull (gasp!😲) them, but I couldn't do that! I have two 65gal tanks, and several 10s. I'll keep as many as I can and stop saving the babies from the tanks.

@QuebecCichlides

4 жыл бұрын

@@sarahbrome5564 Don't worry about it. Before hand, when you're chatting with the people, ask them questions about the tank they will put them in. You're allowed to refuse to sell to someone ;-) What I've noticed as well, is that when you have something to give away, people won't just take one. They'll take them in schools... meaning that you will be able to clear out your tanks quicker.

It’s been so long

@QuebecCichlides

4 жыл бұрын

2 weeks ;-) I love your enthusiasm though!

Shocked my cichlids have 100+ babies. They are the only two fish other than a pleco which I took out. Enjoy watching them grow?

😂im with option 3

I want my fish to stop breeding😳