Michael W McGrath wrote: > (SNIP) > He did spawn 5 times, with 3 failed broods. The 4th attempt is now > on the 16th day of free swimming and doing well at about 15+ fry. (SNIP) > > I currently have fry about 1 day old swimming around with mom!! It is a > large brood but hard to count with them being in a very odd spot. (SNIP) I think your experience is rather typical: first two or three spawns fail, the first successful brood is small, and the next brood is large as if every egg made it as a fry. - -- Randy