Well...at least one of my fish is! :)

Yesterday afternoon my lone female Electric Blue Johanni -- I have one
female and four males -- spawned for the very first time. I knew her time
was close because her tube was protruding, and she began moving sand in the
lair of the dominant male.

But I got busy on my computer and missed the big moment; because the next
time that I looked, she was already incubating the eggs in her mouth, and is
now on her second day of doing so. I imagine that the incubation period will
last 2-3 weeks.

I would really like to take her out of the tank so that her fry will have a
chance at survival, as I used to do with my Copadichromis Borleyi a few
years ago -- I had over 80 CB's at one time -- but I would have to tear
apart the tank, removing a lot of the rocks, just to be able to catch her;
and all of the action might result in her spitting out the eggs prematurely.

So, even though it is cold-hearted, I may just have to watch as the
newly-released fry become fish food for those four aggressive males...well,
maybe. I have a real heart for the underdogs, both human and fish alike. :)


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