Electric Yellow Cichlid Holding Fry

Molly is Holding Fry

 

 

     Molly, my female Electric Yellow African cichlid is holding fry in her mouth. My favorite part of the fish hobby is breeding! I breed African and South American cichlids in my free time. Here is a picture of Molly holding some fry.

 

(Molly)

 

     Electric yellow African cichlids come from Lake Malawi in Africa. The Electric Yellow cichlid is known to like caves and come from deeper parts of the lake. I graduated from gold fish to cichlids by accident. I originally wanted a salt water tank and read every book about salt water and reef tanks. The salt water world was a bit too pricey and time consuming at the time. When I saw the cichlid tank at my local big box store it was very pretty. The cichlids looked like salt water fish but only needed fresh water conditions. Long story short, I haven't set up a salt water tank yet and love breeding cichlids. Molly is actually a fry raised to adulthood and was bred from my first Electric Yellow, Jane. Here is a look at my grow out tank of Electric Yellow cichlids.

 

(grow out 38g)



 

     Breeding African cichlids have been a lot of fun. I've bred multiple kinds of African  and South American cichlids. As I have mentioned in a past post, the Electric Blue Jack Dempsey's have been especially challenging and fun! Whether they are mouth brooders (African) or egg layers (South American), I enjoy both breeding methods. The fish farming aspect of the hobby is very rewarding. Creating 25-100 fish from a spawning pair of cichlids is amazing and I'd like to share this process with others. I would be happy to answer any questions you may have regarding breeding. I will be posting more breeding tips and stories in future posts. I spend most of my time focused on creating more fry! As I expressed before, I would love to have an online fish store of my own. I think it would be awesome to share the fish hobby with others. Building an inventory of fish through breeding and other means would be a large task, but with your help it is possible. Hope to see you on the next blog and thanks for helping me create Yukon Aquatics!

 

(Big Sur, CA)

 



     P.S. Did I mention I like to backpack? Nature is the name of the game! Get outdoors and enjoy Ma nature or bring nature into your home with a fish tank.

-YA