Hi ya, I have a 29 gallon tank at my moms with Malawi's.. I was over at her house for dinner today and noticed that TWO mommies have babies in their mouths...

What the hell do I do??? I can easily take another tank over and separate the moms from the rest of the crew. But can I put both moms in one tank? Or do they need separate tanks? How long before they spit the babies out? They look like small worms in momma's mouth...

I cleaned the tank a week ago and didn't notice the babies then.. Any info would be great guys THANKS!!!

These are the mommies!

mouth brooder is difficult to deal with. if they feel threatened, they just
gulp their babies and boom, gone forever. i suggest just keep an eye for the
parents and watch for the other tankmates. mommies will protect their babies
whenever they are out and scoop down whenever threatened. but once the babies
lost their egg sac, they are on their own and become easy prey of other tank mates.

thats a kenyi right? and are those electric yellows in there in the background?? how well do those mix because ive wanted to get a african cichlid tank going for some time now, but my oscar decided to eat all my applicants i interviewed to fill the positions!

Win i knw most central and south american fish will go after and eat africans i put a 8 inch african in my tank awhile ago and ws dead in a hour. This is when my O's where little

lol i pretty much figured that out the hard way...and i wasnt too damn happy about it either because those electric yellows cost me 17 dollars a piece!

Win wrote:



I have(including the tank at my moms) 3 Malawi tanks. I love them they are great... They are smaller but just as fun as O's... Go for it! You wont be sorry!

BTW... You will need a separate tank!!! LOL, DO NOT MIX WITH OSCARS!