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The act of striping female of her eggs is a complex process that

involves equipment, and some experience. The only fish that can

be striped are mouth brooders. Malawi cichlids, some of

Tanganyika cichlid is mouth brooders that can be stripped.

Mouth brooders preferred spawning on a flat stone or in caves, the

female will take the unfertilized eggs in her mouth, and eggs

will be fertilized after the male release his semen into her mouth. 

Pictures of the stripping stages:

 Aristochromis christy male

Aristochromis christyi female

Aristochromis christyi fry

Stripping

fry

Article pictures by Goren farm