Seriously?

Mercury

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"Females may steal other female's broods. Occasionally,females may round up groups of Daphnia to care for, when they have lost or failed to produce a brood. Start feeding with Artemia nauplii. " (Refers to blue apistogrammas) Cichlids - Apistogramma
Found this while I was researching candidates for a new breeding attempt.
 

Orion

Ultimate Fish
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Feb 10, 2003
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#2
I hadn't heard the part of caring for Daphnia, but I have heard of some species stealing others youngins when they lost their own. Strange, perhaps. But it also shows just how deep the parental care is in some species of cichlid.