AMK Posted March 23, 2004 Share Posted March 23, 2004 Anyone seen fish suck up air bubbles and hold them as though they were mouthbrooding eggs? cheers Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anita_ozfish Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 Yep - the S. leucosticta (jurapari) used to do it all the time in my tank. Can be awfully deceiving and get you all revved up for nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMK Posted March 24, 2004 Author Share Posted March 24, 2004 Thanks Anita, Yes, they (S. leucosticta) are the subject fish I am referring to... They laid eggs a while ago, and then the eggs seemed to have been eaten by other fish. But then I noticed the female mouthbrooding a few days later, had me in a very confused state. Enough for me to actually pull her out to check and I realised she was only holding bubbles. She wouldn't even eat normally - her behaviour was so mouthbrooding-like. Anyway, she seems to have continued with the habit now, and some others have joined her toooo. The weird thing is, they never did anything like this before they spawned. So Im in the process of setting up a new tank for them so they have a better chance at raising their fry by themselves. I've heard their parental behaviour is an awesome display. cheers Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiem Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 Benthochromis tricotis are also experts at this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trofius Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 Tricotii wont stop doing it... last lot I saw she gulped every 5 minutes and held air iI also have seen my xenotilapia spilopterus do this, as with my albino afra, ( she also holds pebbles as well though. i think she is not all there...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
novafishy Posted March 24, 2004 Share Posted March 24, 2004 HAHAHAHA!!! holding pebbles!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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