A Very Welcome Surprise...

[Oddball]

Turns out my older pair of Sunshine Os are indeed a M/F pair. I went into the hatchery this morning and saw the 180 all cloudy. Then, I saw all the Os tankmates on the left side of the tank. Only took a second longer to realize the cloudiness was due to some serious substrate moving. And the popularity of the left side of the tank was due to the Os guarding their first clutch of eggs.

 

[Oddball]

Here's the proud, and very defensive, Papa telling me to 'Back Off'!!

 

[navygirl76]

yeah!! beautiful o's btw...

 

[ewurm]

Congrats Phil.

 

[Calmwaters]

Congrats...and keep us posted.

 

[cichlaguapote]

Congrats!

 

[evilxyardxgnome]

Congrats grandpa phil!

 

[Dovii dude]

Love them O'S!!!!

 

[Fish Room Plus]

Wonder if the offspring will be Sunshine O's like the parents??

 

[Yakuza-Irezumi]

Ah the rarely seen breeding habits of the Astronotus.I admire that a person with such rare and sought after fish will still breed fish like these.Good show.