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Re: cannibalism (was:spawning?)



In a message dated 8/15/1999 9:21:40 PM Mountain Daylight Time, 
edpon@hotmail.com writes:

> I was wondering if perhaps the male apisto's job in nature is to guard the 
>  territory from other males as well as predators, whereas the female's job 
is 
> 
>  to protect the fry.  If this were the case, ten gallons is an awfully 
small 
>  territory for a harem spawner.

Makes sense to me.


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