Bootleg breeder box in the growout tank with a batch of fry that became free swimming 2 days ago
And then their 2 month old sibling
Never even touched the same water consecutively
Older sibling is barely over half an inch, but is doing head shakes, flaring, even showing a breeding dress, guarding it's younger siblings
Anyone ever seen anything like this? I made a post about my nanolutea spawning with older fry and the older fry "cleaning" the eggs (not too sure on that because smaller juveniles snuck into the nest and ate the eggs so I don't know if that was the original intention) but I've never heard of anything around juvenile fish just randomly adopting their siblings to this extent
I'll get a video in a second
And then their 2 month old sibling
Never even touched the same water consecutively
Older sibling is barely over half an inch, but is doing head shakes, flaring, even showing a breeding dress, guarding it's younger siblings
Anyone ever seen anything like this? I made a post about my nanolutea spawning with older fry and the older fry "cleaning" the eggs (not too sure on that because smaller juveniles snuck into the nest and ate the eggs so I don't know if that was the original intention) but I've never heard of anything around juvenile fish just randomly adopting their siblings to this extent
I'll get a video in a second