Fishboydanny is right on the mark.. about 21 days for most mouthbrooding malawi cichlids... Time will vary slightly with temperature of course.. the female will not feed or at least not enough for you to notice she is feeding during this time... Thats just the way they work.. but when the fry ar e r elaeased both they and she will be HUNGRY...

you a r e seeing eyes and movement but they still ahve a LARGE yolk sac attached and will not feed until that ids pretty well gone not will they be truly free swimming until then

ken

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