Re: wet-nursing

[dsatchell@lsol.net]

Susan C. Jorgensen wrote:
> 
> Just wondering if anyone has had apistos wetnurse angel (or any other) fry.

> to know if anyone has tried it.  Maybe the apistos could "rehab" the angels
> parental behaviour.

An observed strategy in African cichlids is for an abandoned or
"widowed" parent to transport her fry into the school of young being
protected by a neighboring pair, sometimes of a different species.  I
haven't seen it reported for Neotropical species.

Dave Satchell



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