Re: Parenting cichlid gone overboard

[David Sanchez <barbax2@yahoo.com>]

I remember reading of this in the old litrature. How
female borellii's would guard the water fleas because
of their strong maternil instincts. Needless to say I
was hooked! Thanks for sharing that story.


David Sanchez
--- alex pastor <alexp@idirect.com> wrote:
> My cousin Alex has two female borelliis in a tank
> together.  Today he
> noticed that one of them has turned yellow.  Looking
> more closely, and
> *really* checking things out, he discovered that she
> is guarding 3 clumps of
> snail's eggs on the glass of the aquarium.  She does
> not have her own eggs
> anywhere.  Poor little creature.
> 
> We've had female borelliis take turns fanning
> Angelfish eggs as well.  Talk
> about maternal instinct!!!
> 
> G. Kadar
> 
> 
> 
> 
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David Sanchez
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