 Mayan/Red Terror fry
Male Mayan=11" Female Red Terror=6" After having these two for over 2 years in a 55gal, they got along well with 2 full grown angels, 3 bushynose plecos, 1 12" pleco, 1 black ghost, 2 clown knife's. I was wondering why all the others were hanging out in the right side of the tank, boom! about 1000 eggs in the flower pot at the left of the tank where Nizue (male) and Shizue (female) stood hovering. After 5 days, the eggs hatched. I immediately bought a tank separator; and installed a tunnel (shaped like an egg) flower pot; perfect which shizue transferred the eggs into. 6 days later, I removed all the other fish into a different tanks and removed separator. Shizue and Nizue are pretty occupied trying to keep the fry in their tunnel. What gets me is the survival rate of all these...babies. It appears that instead of having just 55 various fish (I've 6 tanks), I'm now going to have way more than I'd figuared. LOL. As a retiree, I devote my time and efforts and high maintainance to this hobby. Yes! Cichlid behavior is amazing! |