Quite a Sight! Hoplarchus psittacus Pair with Fry

[notho2000]

This pair of Parrot cichlids has spawned three times over the last six weeks. Since I was already raising an earlier batch, I opted to leave this spawn with the parents. Yesterday morning, the young became free swimming. This is the sight that greeted me when I went down to the fish room.
[video=youtube_share;wacsm1YeaVo]http://youtu.be/wacsm1YeaVo[/video]room.

 

[petspoiler]

beautiful

 

[ryansmith83]

They look great. How's the batch you're raising doing?

 

[notho2000]

They're doing fine Ryan. They're beginning to look like "little Parrots" with the vertical banding. Here's a couple of pics from a few days ago.

 

[Oscarowner84]

Amazing parents and fry!

 

[notho2000]

Amazing parents and fry!

Yes, they're quite something. Thanks for your comment.

 

[freebyrd]

These are hard to spawn for some people congrats!

 

[ChipChipperson]

Nice video and good lookin fish

 

[notho2000]

These are hard to spawn for some people congrats!

Nice video and good lookin fish

Thanks guys. I appreciate your comments.

 

[CichlidKevin]

Will you be selling any? I've been looking for a while.