RE: pseudocrenilabrus

[Rusty Witek <jwitek@stetson.edu>]

[snip story of stripping mouthbrooder mom]

>Next time I think I'll just wait and not traumatize my poor fish.

My usual practice is to wait a week or so after I notice a female holding
eggs, then transfer her to a bare 10 with a flowerpot hiding place.

She'll let them go in her own good time (depends mostly on temp, I think),
and the moms have never shown any inclination to then eat the brood, even if
she hasn't been fed for a few weeks.

I sure wish I were as successful with apistos as with mouthbrooders. :-(

Rusty