Jimmy Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 I just realised and interesting occurrence with my Tropheus duboisi. I have had a female carrying a mouthful of young for a while and today she spit them out into a floaty I had her in. To my surprise she has been incubating a mixture of T.duboisi young and some Eretmodus cyanostictus fry of which I have a breeding pair of in the same tank. It appears as though she has taken up the goby fry that were released into the tank by my pair and further incubated them as her own. Very strong maternal instinct as opposed to egg/fry parasitism. I was wondering if anyone else has ever seen this phenomenon? Cheers James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcloughlin2 Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 Fascinating news mate. How about some pictures or it didn't happen I've never really heard of Duboisi being very parental at all (apart from mouth brooding) so its interesting to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted August 4, 2009 Author Share Posted August 4, 2009 Here are some pics. Sorry for the quality. Female T. duboisi in floaty When I put the net into to she if she would spit out a few fry, she dropped the wad and here is the result. 5 Erets and 5 dubs. Cheers James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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