bitaeniata spawn!

["Darren J. Hanson" <djhanson@calweb.com>]

> ObApisto:  Did Kathy or I mention we got our bitaeniata to spawn
> recently?  Very interesting: for the first 1-2 weeks, the female guarded
> them, but now the male has taken over and is beating the female up &
> chasing her to the corner.  He is also doing a very good job at caring for
> the fry.
Congratulations! I spawned them a few years back and found that even my
male changed his coloring when protecting fry. I don't know if anyone
else has seen this or it was just the male I had. My female cared for
the 'kid's for the first 2 weeks and then let the male pitch in and
help. They had several batches and I didn't have any problems with the
male going after the female. Hopefully your female will decided to come
out of the corner when it is time to respawn. I, myself, would remove
the male and let the female get back to caring for her young.

JMO

Kaycy


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