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About Chris Robbins
Expertise
I have 25+ years of personal experience as a pet
store employee and manager in the family pet store
business. The main part of our business was
Freshwater Fish. I can answer questions on; Fish care, diseases,
parasites and fish identification, feeding your
fish, breeding and sexing your fish, setting up
your aquarium, cleaning your aquarium, and
"what`s this weird stuff in my tank/on my
fish" questions. I am not an African Cichlid expert, Plant expert or Brackish Expert. No Pond or Saltwater Questions Please.
Experience
I worked in and managed my family's fish and pet and fish store for 26 years and maintained the 35 aquariums. My experience also has included occasional in-home consultation and aquarium maintenance for my clients.
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Expert: Chris Robbins
Date: 2/27/2008
Subject: chiclids
Question
Do chiclids sometimes die after they have their babies? We don't which chiclid they belong to(we have 8 chiclids), but we have had 2 fish die right after we found babies. One of the two actually had at least three sets of babies.
Thanks,
Answer
Hi Jessica;
Cichlids are egglaying fish and usually both parents aggressively guard the nest of eggs and babies after they hatch. Cichlids shouldn't die after laying eggs though, but anything is possible I guess. The parents will chase away and sometimes kill fish that come too close to the eggs and/or babies. Watch and see which fish look like they are protecting the babies and move the other fish out or put in a divider. Extra fish in a breeding tank are in danger, especially if the breeding fish are cichilds.
At Your Service;
Chris Robbins
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