The cylindricus have spawned! And I didn't even know it.
They have been living in the 33gal Tang tank with the compressiceps since I purchased them from a friend not even a month ago. The female has been hanging out in the corner behind their cave for the last week or so, but I thought nothing of it...figured she was a big chicken and hiding. And the male seemed to pay absolutely no attention to her.
Well, I decided today to move them into their own breeding tank, to get the breeding ball rolling. I pulled the female out right away before moving anything, and then went to pull out her shell simply because she seemed to like it (there are about 5 other shells I could have put in there). I pulled it out, thankfully with some water still in it, and just before dumping it out, I spotted a few babies! When I pulled the rocks out of that corner, I discovered quite a large swarm of the little guys! I literally spent an HOUR catching as many of them as I could.
Because mom and dad were moved into a new tank, I didn't want to chance having caused enough of a disruption to have them eat the babies. So they are in a breeder box hanging out. I can't believe they bred so quickly!
Just had to share, I'm so excited!
(Oh, they're Neolamprologus cylindricus if anyone is wondering what I'm talking about, lol.)
They have been living in the 33gal Tang tank with the compressiceps since I purchased them from a friend not even a month ago. The female has been hanging out in the corner behind their cave for the last week or so, but I thought nothing of it...figured she was a big chicken and hiding. And the male seemed to pay absolutely no attention to her.
Well, I decided today to move them into their own breeding tank, to get the breeding ball rolling. I pulled the female out right away before moving anything, and then went to pull out her shell simply because she seemed to like it (there are about 5 other shells I could have put in there). I pulled it out, thankfully with some water still in it, and just before dumping it out, I spotted a few babies! When I pulled the rocks out of that corner, I discovered quite a large swarm of the little guys! I literally spent an HOUR catching as many of them as I could.
Because mom and dad were moved into a new tank, I didn't want to chance having caused enough of a disruption to have them eat the babies. So they are in a breeder box hanging out. I can't believe they bred so quickly!
Just had to share, I'm so excited!
(Oh, they're Neolamprologus cylindricus if anyone is wondering what I'm talking about, lol.)
