In a community tank, there will be someone willing to snack on caviar. In this tank, you will have to accept that spawning the fish is a secondary, or even tertiary concern. The black neons will get along okay with the hatchets. Bob Dixon I dunno... My vision is that they will breed. Even if I will have to take tetras eggs away. It will be a sparsely populated tank to start from to give them all space to copy themselves. I hate fish just hanging around without babies, it feels like it is my fault; from another hand fish probably feel guilty too, and would spawn just ot make me happy. So, it will be a huge spawning place... a pretty one, too... Lilia ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, email apisto-request@listbox.com. Search http://altavista.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List Archives"!