Heros sp. Atabapo pair

[Nabbig2]

Wow sick fish dude

 

[Titania]

Awesome fish!!!

 

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just an update.. the pair took the eggs into brooding at less than 48 hours, so i guess the eggs have not hatched then..

an observation.. i remember when i first discovered the eggs are no longer on the wood, the female was brooding the eggs.. but when i wanted to take some pics last night, the male was holding!! is this expected?

here's the brooding male:

 

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today is the day the wrigglers are free swimming, so it's time to strip them out from the parents' mouth...

apparently, only the male was holding, female is plain lazy..

can see the first few fries coming out:

 

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more fries:

after few minutes of 'squeezing':

 

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here're the fries!!!!!!

can you count how many?? i could count 130+... all in the male's mouth...

 

[Peanut_Power]

That is totally awesome!! Great Heros!! definately one of the more rare species!! Kudos for the breeding success as well! LOVE IT!

 

[channarox]

nice cichlids!

 

[Cohazard]

Beautiful pics!!! These are definitely some gorgeous rare sevs! Now I want to buy that pair off of ewok!

 

[root]

That is totally awesome!! Great Heros!! definately one of the more rare species!! Kudos for the breeding success as well! LOVE IT!

thanks peanut, now i'm hoping i could raise them to a good size...

nice cichlids!

thanks!!

Beautiful pics!!! These are definitely some gorgeous rare sevs! Now I want to buy that pair off of ewok!

glad you like the pics.. watch out ewok!!