A BEAUTIFUL PROCESS! | From Cichlid EGGS to Cichlid FISH in 24 days!

In this weeks video we take a look at a truly beautiful process! African Cichlid Egg turning into fry over the course of 24 days in a breeding tumbler.
African Cichlids are mouth brooding cichlids who's females hold fertilized eggs in their mouth until they are free swimming after a average period of 25 days. In the wild the Mother will then release the free swimming fry & they will be free to fend for themselves & find food to help them grow.
However in this video we take a look at this amazing process through the use of an egg tumbler meaning that we can see the full growth & progression of these fry as they slowly mature which is awesome to see!
This is a common technique to use when breeding African Cichlids as it puts less stress on the females, as they can eat again & it also is said to increase the amount of eggs/fry you will strip from the female as some may get swallowed in the natural 'tumbling' process!
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[@adamc7918]

Beautiful group

[@cichlidscape]

Adam C thanks for watching Adam! Definitely is a cool process to see. Thanks for the motivation to show this👍🏻

[@AloraTheGinjaNinja]

This was amazing!!! I just stripped my yellow lab cichlids eggs two days ago and there were 29! I put them in my DIY tumbler and so far they're looking good.i can't wait to see if they hatch 🥰 thank you for this video, I'll be watching for their milestones

[@Till0629]

Thank you for this video! I just stripped my OB Peacock yesterday and put 34 eggs in tumbler. I'll be taking 15 sec video each day to record progress!! I'm so excited.

[@pittsburghpets3759]

AMAZING VIDEO!!! So cool to see this process day by day! Never seen anyone else catch this footage like this before. Good work!

[@cichlidscape]

Pittsburgh Pets thanks mate appreciate it👍🏻 sure is a pretty cool process!

[@thomasholden500]

Adam C has a similar video on his KZbin channel.

[@atfinthehouse8631]

I wrote an article and studied the development stages of cichlids and particularly mouthbrooder eggs, drawing at every stage every day after fertilization. Write this 40 years ago. Also stripping eggs lets mother recover faster, grows bigger and faster and has increasingly larger broods of eggs. There is actually a measurable increase in size and weight, albeit slight of the eggs themselves in this process.

[@cichlidscape]

ATF intheHouse I would agree. The mothers tend to swallow some during the tumbling process & stripping them allows them to get back to eating faster👍🏻 thanks for watching & sharing your knowledge👌🏻

[@asafeplaceforsound7868]

I was wondering if this could also be use for shrimp eggs

[@johnbrand1893]

Awesome footage of these amazing fishes development. 👍

[@Andizu1]

Amazing. I keep tarantulas, and there is this larval stage when the eggs are developing called 'eggs with legs'. These are just like that, only they are eggs with fins' 😍

[@sargek9778]

Top stuff thanks for sharing. Do you only feed them once they completely consume the egg they’re attached to like on day 24?

[@cichlidscape]

Correct! They usually won’t be interested in any food until the egg sack has gone. That’s feeding them until it’s gone👍🏻 thanks for watching!

[@joet6494]

Cool time lapse video. Your fish look stunning as always.

[@cichlidscape]

Joe T thanks for watching & commenting joe👍🏻 appreciate the kind words

[@TheRealGarage]

Great video man. Enjoyed it!

[@robertstarner8083]

Really great video! Thank you...What fry food do you recommend after the yoke sac disappears? Also, how often do you feed?

[@cichlidscape]

Robert Starner thanks mate👍🏻 I usually try a mixture of cobalt mini pellets & also different flake foods. I’ve recently been looking into garlic extract & stuff like that. Definitely helps entice young fish to eat new foods etc. thanks for checking this video out my friend👌🏻

[@resset4172]

Best Tumbler Video ever. Thanks!

[@tghodosko7259]

Great video! Thanks. I Just stripped my first batch of OB peacock mix with a possible Sunshine, Red Empress, or another OB peacock male with mom being OB peacock. I didn't know until they were pretty much full fish stage. I got them separated and all cozy in their own grow-out tank.

[@Misterzen87]

Mine are at day 12 now, sadly i lost a few to mold but learning for next time, still got about 12.

[@Mark583]

Great video. I've just stripped a cichlid for the first time as she kept eating the eggs so good to know what to expect.

[@nobvirusplayz5520]

Cool video! One question, is an egg gets fungus do u remove it same as a dead fry that's developed, do you remove it?

[@cichlidscape]

Thanks. Definitely remove it yes👍🏻 if not it could/will effect the other good eggs

[@jeffharris96]

Awesome! I've just set up my first two tumblers, one with week old and the other with two day old eggs, my seven day olds look like your 12 day olds, mine are Mbuna so is that the difference or is it due to the temperature my water is 80 degrees. Can't wait to watch them grow 🙂

[@Ruby_Fossicks]

Heya! Love the video. I don't know if you're still gonna reply since this video is quite old now, but I was wondering.. does every Cichlid kind lay the eggs and then afterwards carry them in their mouth? Since we have some Zebra Cichlids, and we noticed that after around 2 days that they had laid eggs on some wood, the eggs had disappeared. And we're planning to get a fry soon for them, but I just get get any specific info about that through research, so I was curious if you perhaps knew :]

[@fullquiver]

Very cool. Thanks for showing this. Facinating to watch.

[@cichlidscape]

fullquiver thanks for watching & commenting! It really is an incredibly cool process to see day by day👌🏻

[@bobbygsproaquarium]

Great video, it's a good documentation on the development process. I think they may have been a few days longer developing then my video on the lithobates. Thanks for putting out great content.

[@cichlidscape]

Bobby G's Cichlid Craze thanks for watching bobby! I guess it depends when you stripped the female? I stripped my blue neon female very early as they’re only small & I wanted to make sure I got as many eggs out as I could. Before she started accidentally swallowing them or spitting some etc👍🏻

[@bobbygsproaquarium]

@@cichlidscape I had stripped mine because they had spawned a few times and the females wouldn't hold the eggs past about 4 days. I'm sure varies fish to fish. I'm going to do an experiment soon to determine whether water temperature affects the hatch time also.

[@cichlidscape]

Bobby G's Cichlid Craze right right👌🏻 & nice that’ll be great. Be interested to see that & the results!👍🏻

[@JamieMarksify]

Hi mate on what day do you turn off the bubbler for the egg tumbler?

[@kamaalsoeker4431]

Hi, which is species is that? Otter point or Walteri? Im struggling to identify looking through the tumbler in the background lol beautiful video!

[@cichlidscape]

Hi mate thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed the video👍🏻 the fish is a Walteri. Awesome fins on that guy

[@kamaalsoeker4431]

@@cichlidscape Thanks so much for your efficient response. So its a Walteri :) a dream species for us hobbyists in South Africa. Those finnage are next level (**,)

[@resset4172]

Thanks for Posting 👍

[@Bambi410]

Wow! Beautiful video

[@chris0674]

Amazing video brother 🍀

[@LittleButterfly23]

Awesome video.

[@IslamicSunnahGuidance]

Ty for that video

[@invain143]

Hi sir. Is there proper lighting and temperature requirement during the tumbler stage of the eggs??

[@cichlidscape]

ken wood lighting doesn’t matter during this time ken. All you need to make sure of is that the eggs are moving...that way they don’t get fungus on them or anything like that👍🏻 i found this level of movement works well when tumbling but I’m sure you could go a little more or a little less if you needed too. Thanks for watching my friend

[@invain143]

@@cichlidscape thank you for taking time to reply and for the info sir.. It is such a great help for a begginer like me. :)

[@christopherflores9273]

Nice video. What is the difference between putting the eggs in the tumbler compared to just transferring the female cichlid in a separate tank and let nature takes its course?

[@cichlidscape]

Christopher Flores good question👍🏻 for me it’s all about numbers. A lot of the time even if you moved the female they would still swallow a few unknowingly throughout the tumbling process. This is even more precedent in younger females who haven’t held before. These eggs were the first this female had & so I wanted to make sure I got the fry. These are the first “line breeding” group of mine. So they should be studs!👍🏻 thanks for watching!

[@litoloco4fish]

Great video brother

[@cichlidscape]

Lito Loco 4 fish thanks for watching & commenting👍🏻

[@adelfoulani4429]

What a should feed them ?

[@Donkeydoodoo42]

Do you move the fry to a new tank was wondering if that's 2 big of a shock to them

[@cichlidscape]

Joe David I usually love them into a breeder box, & then into an aquarium after that👍🏻 that way it’s easier for them to find food etc. thanks for checking out this video joe. Plenty more videos on my channel if you haven’t visited before!

[@arenageorge8802]

Are these convict cichlid eggs or mouth breeder? My mouth breeder cichlid eggs are not bouncing

[@joerrelsaguin4550]

I have a question! Will the eggs die if you transfer them to new declorinated fresh water?

[@Ourfrenchiegirls]

Really awesome!

[@cichlidscape]

Steph Velekei thanks a lot for checking out the video! Glad you enjoyed it👍🏻

[@Love-yj5gd]

I personal love your video, because you show the video from the beginning of the eggs bleeding to the end of hashing it. I I've that, for it is very very educative. Please can you do that on African catfish and I will be very happy. Thanks.

[@gillart99]

Thanks. Life is effing amazing.

[@fantasticfishhobby6557]

Nice vidro bro. Bro which day remove eggs from mouth..??

[@cichlidscape]

fantastic hobbies it was the first time this young female had held so I stripped her very early. Maybe the 2nd day after breeding. I usually wait about 5 days but I was nervous she’d swallow/spit them with her being so young. Thanks for watching!

[@DavidSanchez-uo2cn]

Life! simply beautiful.

[@TheoMaGee3]

How can you tell male from female chiclid!?

[@MichaelMarath-vc2wq]

Can I use a bubbler in a tank instead of this ?

[@Mama-vo7ru]

Hello, noticing a couple of my 9 day old cichlid eggfry have a red spot on the egg part. Is this normal?

[@francescogovender9787]

Very nice i have 4 of that fish. 😃

[@dylanday8072]

My female cichlid she had one small batch about a month ago an she spit out the eggs in my breeder net I have so I made a homemade tumbler out of the breeder net an only 2 survived now she's holding again an I got a real tumble now when should I strip her eggs should I do it now or wait a few days I'm new to stripping eggs an ur vid is awesome

[@Jlui83]

Is that egg tumbler too big for mbuna eggs?

[@sagnikchakraborty7661]

Is the bouncing of eggs in the incubator surface necessary? Because mine is not bouncing like that

[@c00l0ne]

when do u remove them from the tumbler?

[@miguelmendoza2306]

Should i strip my female OB that is holding? If so how soon if i leave her be will ibstill end up with fry available?

[@klikcyk]

Beautiful 👍🐠👍😍🙋

[@saifmaths8988]

My chicled fish thrown out all eggs from mouth in 1 day Now i have made temporary tumbler but that eggs are not bouncing So what is important for egg ? Bouncing or oxygen? Or both

[@cichlidscape]

saifullah ansari both are important but movement is key as if not the eggs will rot effecting the other eggs as they do. Hope you can turn up the tumbler a little to get them moving my friend👍🏻

[@saifmaths8988]

Ok got it thank u

[@cameronhu]

Hey, idk why but for some reason my eggs are not tumbling as much as in the video. I have a 200 w pump that’s pumping the eggs and they aren’t bouncing that much. Can you please tell me why?

[@cichlidscape]

Issa Lifestyle the diaphragm in the air pump may be broken. Especially if it’s not powering a small tumbler. As long as the eggs are moving you should be ok. They don’t necessarily have to be moving as much as mine are👍🏻

[@cameronhu]

Cichlidscape • Yeah, they were getting fungus on them because they weren’t getting moved around that much

[@jenniferreyes8755]

So my fish eggs are in a tumbler as well but they got some clear slimy thing around them is that normal ? They are from a Dragon blood

[@jatinkumarpandit]

What happened if power gonna cut and tumbler didn't able to move the eggs? Please sir tell me the answer 🙏

[@kazunosekaia]

Hi dude, can use for betta fish ? Thx anyway

[@blubbies5783]

Love it

[@karlitozmorgan2773]

En esos recipientes tardan mas que en cuando los incuba la hembra, e tenido hembras de ciclidos que a los 18 dias los e extraido y ya estan bien formados

[@eriksanchez3916]

If anyone see this please answer.. How do you do a water change with the tumbler in the main tank?

[@burrow2chase]

Little late for a reply but what I’ve done is fill the tank up, then take a little bit out at a time, then fill it back up above the level of the tumbler. There may be an easier way but this is what I’ve done

[@Brantov]

Interesting.

[@cichlidscape]

Brantov thanks for watching & commenting sir👍🏻

[@stevenmills1820]

Awsome video so amazing I have deamonsi and have one female holding eggs how long will it take for her to spit them out? And will she be ok to be left in the tank with the other fish which are all deamonsi aswell there are 6 alltogther in my tank she hides in her rock away from the others iv only noticed the eggs in her mouth yesterday pleas help cheers

[@cichlidscape]

steven mills thanks for watching mate👍🏻 and yeah she should be all good until the fry are free swimming & she’ll release them. Unsure whether the fry will survive though depending on the tank & hiding places etc

[@stevenmills1820]

Cichlidscape • cheers for the reply gunna see if can get a fry tank or like a fry net or box that I can stick to the inside of the tank so can rescue them hopefully all being well separate her maybe so she spits them out will have to keep an eye on her exciting isn’t it

[@Whey2010]

Awesomeness

[@cichlidscape]

Rely Flores thanks for watching!👍🏻

[@cichlidstrainhunter3607]

Very cool time lapse 👍

[@cichlidscape]

CICHLID STRAIN HUNTER thanks for watching & commenting! Appreciate it👍🏻

[@consti_98]

What is this part called?

[@Manuel-lx1sk]

What kind of air pump do you use?

[@cichlidscape]

Manuel Puentes the air pump powers a sponge filter & this tumbler in the tank. I believe it’s a whisper air pump. 2 outlets👍🏻

[@soph6776]

My eggs look like that, ppl are saying mine are not fertilised...how can i tell.. they are like a light yellow beige colour

[@caitlanharrison5487]

Hi I stripped my fish the day after holding eggs do you think they will be fertile?

[@na3eem89nm]

Hi please tell me what happened? From about 8 hours the breeding is finished. And i put the female in another aquarium, it is her first time so I'm gonna strip it after 12 more hours, did your female eggs survived? Please let me know

[@rathman4601]

Today I witnessed my electric blue ahli female lay eggs by herself and picked them up without fertilization. She's still a juvenile at about 2". Is that normal sometimes?

[@cichlidscape]

Rath Man for sure. I’ve seen that once before. Maybe there’s a male in the tank. Those eggs could be fertile by morning👍🏻 thanks for watching man! Hope the video/response helped you

[@jovitajoachimtigga6292]

CAN U PLEASE TELL ME THE MODEL NAME OF THE EGG INCUBATOR?

[@mauriciojasso3284]

what kind of rock is in your principal tank ?

[@zakhadjicosta]

how do we remove the eggs from the mouth of the mother

[@angelaprice6645]

Do I have to still do water changes while waiting for the eggs to hatch I just put them in the tumbler today is May 7 2019 because I have them in a tank with other fish

[@cichlidscape]

Angela Price hey sorry I only just saw this comment for some reason. I hope the eggs survived! To answer your question I always do water changes while the eggs are tumbling because I have other fish in that tank also👍🏻

[@angelaprice6645]

@@cichlidscape no they didn't make it but she just had some more yesterday and they are still attached to there eggs I guess she spit them out to soon they are trying to swim

[@cichlidscape]

Angela Price right right. She spat them too early by the sounds of it. If you have a tumbler I would put them in it to help them out a little👍🏻

[@bossiebossert6629]

My eggs are now 7 days old and they recently started turning white what am i doing wrong Please help its my third time now that i lost the eggs due to turning white and i dont know why😟

[@Cricketpratidin]

I love........ Cichilds

[@cichlidscape]

Purnima paul thanks for watching my friend. Hope you enjoyed the video👍🏻

[@Tooadie]

Scalare Will be 24 days to ?

[@cichlidscape]

Cocke usually takes 24 days for them to consume the egg sack & become fish👍🏻 a cool process! Thanks for watching

[@TheSmacvn]

Can anyone explain to me why we have to use egg tumbler? Why don't we let the eggs grow in their mother's mouth? Of course, we should isolate their mother.

[@shellystoodley]

Lit got some peacock chiclids in a egg tumbler now.. 2 weeks old .

[@Fishstreet300]

That turbulence or water flow may stress them out

[@cichlidscape]

Nope it doesn’t. It the water circulating which prevents them from going rotten/fungus. It’s only a slight bit of water movement👍🏻

[@Fishstreet300]

Ooh cool ❤️❤️❤️

[@Darkfaderalert]

I just stripped my first batch of eggs and squished 1 I’m sad. But I still got like 15-20 from a small female.

[@aarongonzalez4458]

I had a zebra cichlid and socolofi breed and I stripped her and got 54 eggs from her I counted every single one. Hope the hybrids look cool its day four so far

[@dbrown4752]

I'm gonna wait no tumbling for mine

[@FishAddict1]

Mine absorbed all of their yolk by day 17! They are growing fast. I bought powdered fry food for them but Im thinking I should used crush flake instead. Any ideas? I have them posted on my page in case you want to check them out. Ob zebra x deep water hap fry. Please let me know if you think there is anything I should do. I just moved them into a small breeder holder now that they are free swimming

[@Mark583]

My first lot ate the same tablet food that I fed the bigger fish, it kind of dissolved so they were able to eat it no problem. All 11 of them survived and are now having their own babies.

[@azouzizoubier1185]

If I don't move the eggs from her mouth what happened????

[@cichlidscape]

azouzi Zoubier she would just hold till they are free swimming & then she would spit them into the tank👍🏻

[@azouzizoubier1185]

@@cichlidscape thanks

[@Nasrulla7]

View My Malawi tanks updates. Leave your comments and ideas.

[@pauldillingham6316]

What is wrong with letting the parents fulfill their natural parental duties?

[@FishAddict1]

Great channel! Thank you for this. Trying to build my fish channel too. Got my first video with 100k views. If you have any suggestions it would be much appreciated !

[@travisgilbert6048]

Im looking for some female cichlids fish i have males cichlids fish

[@cichlidscape]

Travis Gilbert females will be dull and browny/silverish. The males will have color as far as aulonocara & haplochromis go👍🏻 are you looking to breed them?

[@joehound5098]

Sik ❤video