African Cichlid finally had babies

[BMG94]

My male peacock cichlid and the mystery silver Cichlid female had mated and she had babies in a nursery net, it's been five days now and the babies have grown quite a bit.. lol
I have video of them that I'll be posting later on just to let people observe

 

[BMG94]

I wasn't able for some reason to upload or see any of my pictures or videos from my phone's camera gallery so I hope uploading it to YouTube and posting the link works lol I don't have much for options..

 

[BMG94]

They are now free from the nursery net and in their own 30gal.
I'm curious to see what they'll look like once they grow some more.

Does anybody know when or how long it takes for the features to start showing?

 

[BMG94]

They move really fast it was hard getting just one pic of them without it being blurry lol. But there they are at 8 days old.

 

[BMG94]

We have about 19 of them haven't lost any at all

 

[AnthonyFish20]

We have about 19 of them haven't lost any at all

They take at least a few months to show color just do lots of water changes and they will grow quick need to be around 2-3inches

 

[BMG94]

Update on the Fry they are now 19 days old and about a half an inch now.
The momma now holding her second batch of fry as well

 

[AnthonyFish20]

Update on the Fry they are now 19 days old and about a half an inch now.
The momma now holding her second batch of fry as well

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nice buy some 10-20 gallon tanks to grow them out

 

[BMG94]

Update: I'm beginning to notice subtle distinguishable markings on several of my peacock cichlid juvies/fry.
Most have stripes and black blotches going horizontally across their bodies, but I have noticed a few that have only vertical stripes and an odd black stripe that goes across their heads and over the eyes.
Very interesting

 

[mattison187]

Update: I'm beginning to notice subtle distinguishable markings on several of my peacock cichlid juvies/fry.
Most have stripes and black blotches going horizontally across their bodies, but I have noticed a few that have only vertical stripes and an odd black stripe that goes across their heads and over the eyes.
Very interesting

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They are looking great. Keep up the good work