Just six days after bringing home a trio of these guys a female had spawned in a hollow of one of the driftwood pieces. To be honest, it was a pleasant surprise but some days later I thought the eggs had disappeared and that her continued behaviour was just a lack of knowledge/acceptance of that. Thinking back, they’d probably just hatched and fallen further into the hollow because today I noticed she’d moved from her usual spot and that there were some fry! I can only see four but then this is her first time (unless she’s had others at the lfs) so that doesn’t seem too bad. May be more since it’s difficult to see and I wonder if she’s managed to leave some behind because her new spot for them is a few inches up from the gravel.
I expect the few remaining ones will be picked off soon enough but I’m happy to just see how she goes and let her get some practise in. Not that bothered about breeding them but of course it would be neat if any little ones survive in future spawns.
Hard to get a good photo of her and impossible to see the fry, but here she is:
I expect the few remaining ones will be picked off soon enough but I’m happy to just see how she goes and let her get some practise in. Not that bothered about breeding them but of course it would be neat if any little ones survive in future spawns.
Hard to get a good photo of her and impossible to see the fry, but here she is: