brooding

Has anyone ever heard of a male BNP picking up & moving eggs in and out of their breeding cave. I have a V shaped tree stump in my 45 high the right stump is hollow and thats where all my BNP breed. I just got a new adult male german super red on wedensday. He bred with my female on friday night...

Hey guys How do you breed these guys without using another cichlid to take care of their fry? I've seen people breed them without mouth brooding cichlids in the tank but since the synodontis like to eat their eggs, what would be the best method to breed them without other cichlids to raise the...

Fry kid(fish?)napping by lgfelic » Tue Sep 11, 2012 7:50 pm I have a trio of Apistogramma cacatuoides 'Orange Flash' in a 15 gallon tank. The tank is divided into 2 defined territories to try and avoid too much infighting between the females. The...

Our holding yellow lab spit today and the first fry that I saw... double take... it couldn't be. It was dark and stripey. For the back story, last weekend I pulled the holding yellow lab and a holding demasoni, both at roughly two weeks (1-2 days apart) and moved them to 20L to spit. I...

It just occurred to me: is there any benefit to holding mouthbrooding females away from the males for awhile, until they get big? I'm thinking if they start breeding right away, and breed often, they won't grow as large as they would if they had some time away from the males. If you waited...