Well, I just removed female number one from her brooding tank, and placed
her back in the main tank with the dominant male. Of course, I feel sorry
for her, because he is already chasing her around, and she hasn't had a
chance to eat properly or regain her strength and vitality yet. She is
panting heavily due to his unwanted advances. I am really worried for her,
but I had no other place to put her.

After removing female number one, I carefully removed the rocks from the
brooding tank. Upon doing so, I discovered five live fry, as well as three
dead ones. I don't know why, but during the next half hour or so while I was
taking some pics of female number one, two more of the fry died. So,
realizing that something was wrong, I decided to leave them to their fate
and placed them in the main tank. There is a lot of rock coverage there, so
perhaps they will survive. We shall see.

At this point, considering my discovery a few days ago of a female which I
supposed was a male -- female number two -- I am now wondering about the
other two assumed sub-dominant males that I have in the two twenty-gallon
tanks. In the few days that they have been in their tanks, they have dug
sand pits under their rocks, but they rarely come out, and they haven't
eaten much either.

I am beginning to form the opinion that in spite of the aggression by the
dominant male, these five fish may just do better altogether in the main
four-foot tank.

Female number two is still in her brooding tank, and is now on day three of
her incubation period.

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