Spawned Africans

[Junkzoo]

got a question for you Jeff, and hopefully others here too,,
I set my cousin up with a 55g African tank,,,He called me up today, and was asking about a couple of his fish,,they way they were acting etc. explained what i remember about spawning Africans,,and yup that's wat they had did,,,
Mama(think it 's a blue zebra) has egg in her mouth, fighting off the other fish(African community tank)and just hanging around a spot in the rock work..
Back in the day, i used to have many spawning of my Africans,(auratis) they grew up no problems etc. without much help on my end...
So what i'm asking is , anything i need to tell my cuz , other than let them be,,
and hope for the best?He asked about a divider and stuff, but the best i can tell him is what i used to do 15-20 yrs ago,,,,He's got all my books on Africans, so he's got some reference to go to,,,just wondering if anyone has any input/tips to help out,,,,
Thanks!

[Stang69]

Well he can divide it off. I would let mother nature run with it and put in alot of rockwork with cracks and crevices for the babies to hide in. Once the babies hatch ya can also strip the mother of them although I dont recomend it it can be done. Maybe if space allows he could also just set up 20 for her.....


Best of luck to him. Need anything else Yell.

[Junkzoo]

Thanks Jeff, kinda along the way i was thinkin,,
I'll keep ya posted on the progress,,,