Brichardi Had Babies and One Parent is acting funny

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I have brichadi babies out and swimimming around the cave and searching the tank. My one parent is always with them while the other stays secluded from them. Is this normal?
 
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It is not unheard of to find a school numbering near 100,000 individuals within a 50 meter square area. A second unique characteristic of its spawning habits in the wild, are in the rearing of the fry. It is the only known fish in Africa that utilizes a collective nursery. This means that adults, subadults, and even half-grown fry all participate in a multi-generational rearing of the fry. N. brichardi individuals not only care for their own fry but the fry of those who spawn around them as well as keep vigil over other adults when actively spawning.
Thanks to http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/n_brichardi.php
for the ref.
Looks like it might be normal for parents to take a break as it were.

Phil
 
Same thing with a few different name..fairy cichlid, daffodil etc.
Would be quite a sight to have 10-15 in a tank to see that behaviour.

Phil
 
I keep Both

Tanks For all the Info everyone. And I Guess the same tghing goes for the daffodil too then. I keep them and Brichardi In separate tanks. I Know I have a breeding pair of daffodils beacuse A was doing a cleaning on my tanks and discoverred eggs. Hopefully Ill get Some Daffodil fry Too :D
 
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