This is what you get for neglecting your fish...

[HerCrenVie]

A clutch of eggs!

For some reason they decided to lay them on the tank glass instead of a more conventional surface like a rock... (Sorry about the picture quality by the way)

And this is the big male Nicaraguense in with them:

 

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

that is a pleasant surprise

 

[FSM]

the pictures are excellent quality lol. Nice carpintis too, how large are they?

 

[HerCrenVie]

the pictures are excellent quality lol. Nice carpintis too, how large are they?

Lol thanks! The male is about 3" and the female 2.5" - a tad too small to breed perhaps, but oh well.

that is a pleasant surprise

Yeah certainly!

 

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

hopefully the eggs are viable, I've seen with small specimens of other CA's like dempseys

 

[Red Devil]

congradulations... keep us updated.. they are a beautiful pair.

 

[Ctrl_Alt_Dlt]

awesome! Waiting for my escondidos to pair! Maybe I should neglect them for a while too!

 

[HerCrenVie]

awesome! Waiting for my escondidos to pair! Maybe I should neglect them for a while too!

Yeah come to think of it most pets (except dogs and cats of course) do best when left alone. I've been concentrating on my exotics lately and this morning I woke up to find eggs in my fish tank. Wow.