parents with adult offspring

[Apollyeon]

I have this situation where my big male midas seems to be extremely tolerant towards his own offsrping in close proximity as in right next to each other..these offspring most are close to full grown 10 inches or so all males. one in particular always would hang out with the dad and mom in the pond or in the tank setup even to the point of being close by when spawning. he himself has only spawned a few times but only with parrots doesnt seem to like his own kind for that.not sure what to make of it. has anyone had this experience before..can they recognize their spawn as adults? i know ive seperated pairs and 6 months later he can recognize his mate as they seem to only want to spawn with the same female everytime.i want to make this large tank setup essentially a family tree where all the tank mates are related in some way as i progress my red texas line adding a male from each generation.right now its just midas along with a few rosequeens all related in some way to the alpha male. with a large pond to help grow outs its going to be sweet

 

[celebrist]

Interesting it might just be that particular fish's personality though

 

[Apollyeon]

Interesting it might just be that particular fish's personality though

hes still your typical midas personality when it comes to other non amphilophus species but seems with his own offspring a very high tolerance. his offspring also seem to share that same tolerance with each other..but this one particular fish does seek out his parents not entirely sure why. the alpha male will nudge or flare to him similar as to his mate, the female also will do the same as they pass each other in the tank. i know when they are fry the instinct for them is to gather around in a cloud around the parents and had wondered if with this fish that instinct was still there somewhat. interesting behavior to watch for sure