My cichlid is pregnant...

I got my cichlid 3 weeks ago. It was given to me already pregnant but at the time I didn't know it was pregnant. I put it in a separate tank... I bought another 10 gallon tank, and put it there. What do I do now?

 

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What kind of cichlid do you have? if you're not sure then posting a pic would help to ID it, if you have any problems uploading one this thread should help https://www.fishlore.com/aquariumfishforum/threads/how-to-attach-pictures-to-posts.169875/

 

it is a yellow lab cichlid that looks very pregnant






I have seen a few babies faces peek through the mouth.

 

You just wait for her to spit them out. This is called holding and it's what mouth brooding cichlids do for their eggs and fry. LeoDiaz he knows more about mbuna than I do.

 

You just wait for her to spit them out. This is called holding and it's what mouth brooding cichlids do for their eggs and fry. LeoDiaz he knows more about mbuna than I do.

Yes also move her to separate tank so the fry can survive

 

Yes also move her to separate tank so the fry can survive

I keep her with the fry or do I put her in a separate tank

 

I keep her with the fry or do I put her in a separate tank

Once she lets go all the fry back to the tank she came from.