Brichardi Skull Spawn!

[McFluffrichromis]

Well, My Brichardi pair has chosen a very cool place for their spawning. They have taken up safe haven in a ceramic scull that I have in the tank for decor. These are not the best pictures but it does show how cool the spawn is over top of the skull. Enjoy

Here is the male a little out of focus.

 

[RIFT_LAKES_RULE]

Cool Pat, congrats on the spawn. Are those guys living up to thier name as far as guarding the fry? They appear to be keeping a very close eye on em.

 

[maddog10]

Very Cool!

 

[TheWire]

cool...i am trying to get mine spawn too...started with 4 ....one of them get kill ( i assumed the one that get killed is a male) the other 3 been hanging out around a fake tree stump

 

[McFluffrichromis]

I am tellin ya they really like to kill each other. Its tough because every time I get a breeding pair the male likes to kill the females. As you see the female is all beat up all the time. I have them in a 55 with 8 Lelupi and 8 Chalino Brichardi and it seems to really help with the aggression between my mating pair by keeping the male distracted chasing the other Neo and Chalino.

 

[minifoot77]

so when are the fry gonna be ready for purchase?

 

[McFluffrichromis]

The last batch only 3 - 5 made it to be large enough to not be eaten. As I did not remove them from the tank and they get picked off over time and only a few actually grow. I imagine I will have 3-5 ready in a month or so. My Lelupi are just starting to spawn too. If you are interested I can make sure that enough make it to get you a few.

 

[F8LBITE]

Brichardis have some of the coolest behavior ive ever seen. The bigger fry will help protect the younger fry.

 

[minifoot77]

i am interested i like brichardi a lot....

 

[Jamieishard]

baby fish everywheres.. very awesome... its always crazy to think everything starts out so tiny.

 

[UNCLERUCKUS]

CONGRATS PAT!

 

[rsretep]

hey pat congrats on the fry ....

 

[McFluffrichromis]

Thanks for the Congratulatory statements guys. Whats funny is these "prolific" Brichardi have taken the longest out of all my fish to breed.

 

[crazyclowntang]

congrats pat! and don't forget about your friends

 

[longstocking]

I don't want to be a pain....

and congrats !

But you have two different variants there. I don't want to say different species due to the new classifications... but you have a brichardi and a pulcher according to the "old" classifications. Please don't sell the fry.