Sorry, double post.

How cool is that!
Not that I have a clue but wanted to congrat you. Are they still wrigglers or really swimming already?
All I know in general is that you can start feeding them when they left the wriggler stage, like with newly hatched brine shrimps or some liquid baby food or whatever they take. Just gotta make sure the water stays clean which might be a bit of a hassle with protective parents I'd think they care about the fry for some weeks, you'll most likely notice yourself when the fry start living on their own rather than listening to mum. But someone else knows exactly probably.

Good luck, and keep us posted!

congrats on your batch of fry. i'm not sure on jd's but other cichlids that i have raised from fry(parrot convicts) would suggest that your safe in the tank with there parent until the female is ready to lay again.when that happens they might consider the fry a threat to the new batch of eggs and kill them off. i would remove them into a grow out tank just before the female lays again. good luck to ya and keep us updated on your progress

Well, that was short lived excitment. All the babies were gone within/less then 24 hours. I don't know what happened to them. When I was watching them it was really cool the parents would pick the strays up in thier mouth
and bring them back to the nest and spit them out. Boy, they had alot of work ahead of them. They all moved from one end of the tank to the other and then by night time they were gone. Unless, when the lights were out other fish stole them?

I will have to wait till next time, if there is a next time and see if I will be to salvage any.

I'll keep you posted.