I have two Aulonocara / Jacobfriebergi male that surprisingly held eggs. One is in a tank without any other Malawian cichlid. The other in a tank with saulosi MBUNA but no other aulonocara. From the color they are displaying, they look male to me. To my surprise, without a mate or no other aulonocara in the tank, both appeared to hold eggs, not eating and showed chewing action. I thought they might be sick and couldnt be holding eggs. One lost the holding after two weeks and resumed eating. The other was still holding so I took him out to examine what he was holding . To my surprise, 20 babies came out that look like legitimate aulonocara fry. I’ll raise them to see what they are. It’s double mystery to me that male could hold eggs without female and without any other Malawian cichlid in one tank to hybridize
