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Rainbow cichlid babies
Rainbow cichlid babies
Herotilapia multispinosa
2 fish pairs in this tank. Both breeding at the same time!!!!! Nd not knowing it they protect even the other one's babies. Haha! Have them for bout a year now. Babies swimmin around for bout 2 days now. Hey I heard after a certain amount of time the parents stop protecting them nd eat them. When!??????? Pl reply!!!
posted by: Tassilo Schwendtke

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Dec 24th, 2007
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THE chuck » posted 2007/12/24 - 03:07
ha, tassilo...if they are in a community tank, they will disappear without time.if you only have your 2 broodcaring pairs and enough hiding places for the youngs to retreive then , alot can survive..they dont start eating them..at about 1 month of age(usually the pair/parents is ready to spawn again)they will just spread in the tank, schoaling at times; the adults just ignore them...feed them live artemias, thell grow fast! good luck buddy
Juan Damelines » posted 2007/12/24 - 03:17
Tassilo Schwendtke » posted 2007/12/24 - 04:12  
Thanks man. Yeah I only have these 2 pairs.. Both fight to protect the babies haha!! Looks funny! I bought some micro food tday for the young.. so the parents dnt start eating their young? Not evn aftr 2 weeks or so?
karrie edwards » posted 2007/12/24 - 04:24
bip_ 4u » posted 2007/12/24 - 08:20
THE chuck » posted 2007/12/24 - 11:29  
no, tassilo, in 4 years breeding those, i never see such behavior...they just cannot protect them after a while coz they spread all over the tank
Tassilo Schwendtke » posted 2007/12/25 - 02:37  
Haha! Yeah i notice! Ok thanks a lot chuck
lee howe » posted 2007/12/25 - 14:43
Dan Noon » posted 2007/12/25 - 23:31

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Jerry Goebert, 2008-10-07 16:08

Incredible shot. It's like they're posing for you
Jerry Goebert, 2008-10-07 16:03

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Johnny B, 2008-10-07 16:03

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Jerry Goebert, 2008-10-07 16:00

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