As with the whole cichlids family, this is always very interesting. The pair retreats to their territory and the eggs are deposited in a small cave. The female guards the eggs, but both [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]parents[/COLOR][/COLOR] guard and defend their offspring. Like most parents, they have little patience to potential danger to their hatchlings.
The gender of the fish is easy to see. The male is larger, and more colorful then the female Borelli.
The Borellis have a lot of the behavioral traits of the bigger cichlids, but they lack their sharp edges. As with most dwarf cichlids, the Borellis are perfect for beginning Cichlid owners, but as you might know from some of my other writing Im quite in love with the Apistogramma or dwarf cichlid family.