Can convicts recognize their own spawn?

[Mount_Prion]

Hypothetical scenario:

2 pairs of cons (same type) in a divided tank. Babies can swim through the dividers. If they spawned at a similar time, would the pairs be aggressive to fry that are not their own? Or would they not be able to tell the difference and not care once they're freeswimming anyway?

Trying to build the most efficient feeder-generating scenario possible.

 

[Crazy mike]

I think they wouldn't care. They are probably so into protective instincts that so long as there isn't a substantial difference in the fry they would protect it


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[karaig19]

The female or male will hover over the eggs and gaurd them. they are great parents,no worries!