yeah man, that's what it is.. but in 10ish days when she spits those fry out they are gonna get eat up by the other fish in the tank. smorgasbord. tilapia are very cannibalistic...

You are going to have trouble moving her as she will probably spit out the eggs and/or swallow them. I have read the mother will pick the dropped eggs back up but i have never seen this happen in my tanks.

some of the fry will elude immediate death, make sure you have a dip net on hand and a spare bucket or other container.. that size fish will probably have 300-500 fry and i think it's a reasonable goal to save 30-50 fry.

If you are interested in higher survival rates you should search this forum for badflash's egg tumbler and start experimenting with egg harvesting. My first attempt was very bad, like 3% survival rate but by the end of the summer i was harvesting 200-300 eggs and hatching 90-95% of the eggs.

brian

brian