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[devz11]

in regards to the cotton tip i think its a good idea but personally i''d take the cotton off the end you are putting in her mouth so its just plastic. I use the plastic thing you suck water into for the test tube myself... it seemed to work fine.<
> Another idea is if you have a spare tank just pop her in there and she should spit by herself without the stress of other tank mates. Plus then she has a good recovery time and time to fatten herself back up before you put her back in the main tank. Just a suggestion.<
>Good luck  

[Dyce]

I dunno if this sounds "crue"l but I found the easiest way to milk was to get a firm grasp of the fish, hold it nearly verticle, head down near water, use your fingernail to open the mouth and kind of hod the fish so its helping keep the mouth open and dip the fishs mouth in the water as well as pushing on the throat pushing the fry/eggs out, thats the easiest way to get them all out. And the quickest meaning you can get her back in the water and you don''t need to do it all again if she still has a few fry in there.<
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>I''ve found my cichlid fry pretty tough, hongi''s especially. Got them in a little tank which I need to swap for a bigger tank soon.<
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>You''ll soon find you''ll have more mouthfuls then space!  fish fish fish fish turkey fish fish gobble

Those small plastic bottles with the squirter tube seems to wash out those last persistant lil babies out.<
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>Cheers Dave "I believe that sex is a beautiful thing between two people. Between five, it''s fantastic."