Cichlid Parents Adopting Foreign Young

GuppyMan

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Trevor
Hey, I would like to share this little story about my cichlids.

A while back prob 2 years it is now i bred ONLY convicts and jellybean cons. And i had 2 pairs of Jellies and one of convicts. One pair died while they had fry. ANd my other jelly pair had only eggs so ik they would've killed them. So i figured, hey, my cons have fry about the same age so at nite when they were all sleeping, i went into the fishroom with a flashlight and went over to the jellybean tank and get out all the fry. and i quickly shined it at the con tank to see where they were and i put the babies right with them.

The next morning i was expecting the worst. But i walked in and there was the con mommy and daddy with there fry and there new adopt-ies. I WAS SHOCKED! It really worked!!!!! They jellybean and con fry con mingled and now they had a nice BIGGGG batch of fry. I thought this was an interesting story and i hope you enjoyed it!!!

><> Trevor <><
 
Interesting. It has been my experience that convicts chase away fry not their own.
Thats what I figured. But they raised them up like there own. It was very interesting! What a Site To See. :)
 
Great story! Congrats on the successful adoption.
 
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