es! I finally spotted the baby Rusty's from Mumma's last drop. Two again- tiny little things they are. They were/are hiding out in a pile of rocks I have holding one of my plants in place, I moved two of the rocks and out swim the little fellows. Now since she is holding again, if she pops out another 2 this will double the investment so to speak :) I just hope she is producing females (fingers crossed) otherwise I will have to sell off the excess males as she is the only female amongst 5 males already and the last thing I need is 11 males.
This time I got to watch Mumma and Dad spawning (Fish Porn) which was so cool and quite a display. He dances around her, showing off, fluttering all his fins and rubbing up against her. She then drops an egg onto a flat surface, picks it up and then rubs up against his egg spots. Both of them shimmy the whole time and the males colour is beautiful for the whole thing. His body goes violet and his fins go bright browny yellow. It took them about 45mins from start to finish and it was great to watch (does that make me a pervert?). I can now tell from the attitude who the father is as he is more aggressive atm in the tank. Rustys are not normally very aggressive at all so it is something to watch when he gets all protective and chases all the others off.
Would still like to add a few more fish to my tank inside. I was looking at the Maingano's again as well as the Lombardoi so might need to look into the natures of both of these... Okay the Metriaclima lombardoi are very aggressive so probably not a good idea with my not very aggressive other cichlids, shame... the Maingano though would be a nice addition to the crew.
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