Daffodil Cichlid breeding Journal

Hey guys! It's been awhile (busy with school) but I got around to taking some more pics. The first and second pics are the ones I think are females. The last two are pics of the male. In the past month there has been significant growth in these fish, a good 1/2"-3/4". I guess the heavy feedings and frequent water changes actually did something! Not much yet on pairing, but I have noticed the male is being more aggressive towards the female in the second pic. The female in the first pic has also started digging in the sand a lot. Sorry for the blurry pics, the fish dive into the rocks once they see the camera.

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UPDATE TIME! Still no babies, but I think that a pair has formed. I was really busy the past week (science olympiad competition was on saturday) so I didn't really pay attention to my tanks much. Just fed the fish and turned the lights on/off without stopping and checking on them. In that time one of the females got pretty scrapped up. It was always picked on a little, but now it has some missing scales and fairly ragged fins. I think it is safe to say that I should get rid of that fish. The other female has a few missing scales but nothing serious. The male has become quite a brute. When I got the 3 fish together they looked more or less the same. Now it is obvious who the male is as he is larger, more aggressive, and has deeper colors. My worry is that once I remove the ragged female, the male will pick on the healthy one. Any thoughts?
 
Na he is doing what i thought he would do so yep its time to take the beaten female out because he will only kill her since he has chosen his mate..
 
Yet another update. The outed female has been in an isolation tank (a plastic container floating in the tank) for about a few weeks now and she is back to full health. In the mean time the pair has been quite busy. They have have not laid eggs, but have been terraforming the tank like no tomorrow. They have been digging large holes in the sand around the rock work. The male ranges through out the entire tank but the female sticks to what I think is their nest. They are EXTREMELY protective. There is a pile of dead snails in the front of their nest, they will pick them off the walls and crush their shells and spit out the remenates! Hopefully I will be seeing a cloud of babies soon!
 
Here is a video of my regular Brichardi breeding..

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Whoa, it's been a long time since I posted here, but at last, results! Over the past year, the fish have spawned twice, but in both cases the eggs disappeared after a day. Today, while doing a water change, I noticed some tiny wrigglers, finally they had a successful spawn. I seemed to have missed the signs this past week. Right now there seem to be only 5-6 free swimming fry, but I can see a good 30+ eggs attached to the top of a flower pot in the tank. Pics coming soon!
 
I had a colony of these a while back. One of the few fish, at least that know of that will maintain a multigenerational colony. Very cool - good luck with yours
 
A little update, all the eggs have now hatched, and I am quite honestly confused about the fry situation. 3 days ago I noticed the free swimming fry (the 5-6 of them) and today now that the other eggs have hatched, I notice that they look nothing like the ones I saw 3 days ago. These are far less developed and don't really swim, they're wrigglers. SO, it seems the free swimmers are quite a few days older, but they are still very very small, more like livebearer fry sized. Anyone heard of fish laying a smaller clutch a week or so before a larger one?
 
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