Right now the scene has been very sad, but she seems to get along with the situation...
She swam through the whole tank, looked at every favourite hiding spot of the male and tried to find him, shaking her head... then she swam to the front and looked directly into my eyes, as if she wanted to say "Why is my male gone? Help me...".
Seeing things like these breaks my heart...
But now she lays her eggs on the rock the male cleaned yesterday, in the believe he would have another batch of fry with her :-(
The youngsters don´t seem to miss the male. Some turned darker, I guess now that the dominant male is gone, they start to develop their ranking.
And when I stand in front of them, they beg for food, so sweet
The most aggressive one seems to be male. He chases everyone else around like crazy.
This is him and maybe the other dominant one... eye markings say female, but behaviour is very male. We will see.