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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:




Article pictures by Goren farm
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