This is one of the fry from the pics in the photos above.
The same female held another brood and did the same thing -- she would not spit them, so I had to separate her and she still wouldn't release them.
I ended up having to strip them out. Like before, they had fully absorbed their egg sacks and some of them were very weak and didn't make it. A few did though.
I don't have an empty fry tank, so I'm keeping them in breeder boxes.
There are three females holding right now and I really hope they release into the main tank.
The dominant male is looking good.
Subdominant male.