So my wild caught red empress spawned in the community tank on a rock right in the middle ,he is 5 times her size normally a passive fish but during spawning he chased the hole tank into submission away from her , I was surprised how big the eggs were large and pinkish red , she sits them on the rock he does his dance with her to fertilize then she takes them into her mouth and will carry without eating for about two weeks until she spits out the fry.
My question is not familiar with cichlid spawning is there any thing I should do ? This is a community tank with 15 other fish so I'm expecting the worse when there released .
Sorry no pics could not get to close and there moving to fast , maybe I can get pics of them latter.
A very short video poor quality
http://youtu.be/k3R_IGO5uCU
My question is not familiar with cichlid spawning is there any thing I should do ? This is a community tank with 15 other fish so I'm expecting the worse when there released .
Sorry no pics could not get to close and there moving to fast , maybe I can get pics of them latter.
A very short video poor quality
http://youtu.be/k3R_IGO5uCU