ptychochromis

This pair of Ptychochromis oligacanthus has been thinking about spawning for months.....they finally decided to do it. In fact, they're still going....

Exported my big snarky Steatocranus tinanti (buffalohead) out of a 40B that has 6 P. oligacanthus (from Dave's Rare Fish/Aquamania buy) after a water change two days ago. Two sets of maybe 200 eggs this morning from two of the three pair covering a couple of flat stones, the third pair haven't...

Some shots from a recent spawn. I had this pair in a 55 with 5 other Pthychochromis oligacanthus sp. Red Fin Nosey Bey and another Paretroplus maculatus. Once some serious spawning behaviour began I moved the other fish. Alas, I was too slow for the sub-male that was in the tank a nd he...