C. grammodes - new to CA

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Very nice....I had one about 20+ years ago when I did not appreciate them...have only seen them at my lfs a couple times since....
 
I saw them only once at a LFS and i took the opportunity.

Came back home today to see the female is guarding eggs. Unfortunateley in a part of the tank where i cant take pictures.

But i have pics of their tankmates.

Amatitlania Honduras Red Point male...
HRP_1.jpg

...and the female.
HRP_2.jpg
Sorry for the dirty glas.



And another pic of the grammodes male.
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last week i saw the female relocating the eggs one by one. Which is totally new for me. I know cichlids relocating their wigglers but never heard of relocating their eggs in this way.

Then I thought i lost the eggs during a water change.
To my surprise i found this when i came home from work. So i took some quick pictures before the female might hide them in the back of the tank.

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Im already thinking about selling some of my tanganyika cichlids to get space for a bigger tank and more CA cichlids.
 
Awesome. They're very nice looking fish.
 
Congrats on the fry, the gramodes and HRP look great.
How are the grammodes and HRP doing together? Any aggression issues?
 
Thanks,
I had to separate them last week. The female grammodes was beating the HRP way too much.
The HRP took only one week to recover and here is the result:

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Had to move the grammodes to another tank because i had to remove their tank.
Now they are back together with the HRP and 11 Astyanax mexicanus Rio Pantepec.

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The HRP are developing great. I love the colour of the fins.

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The grammodes grow a lot. The male now has 20 cm/8 inch an starts to become broader.
Due to moving them i could not get a good pic. So better pics will come in a few days.

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