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Interesting interactions between parents and 10 week old fry, she tilts her side at her mum, and neither parents seem to be bothered at this stage about her still loitering
It's not a gravel substrate but a plant substrate, so won't cause them any harm if they dig into it, all the grains are round, and no more than 0.2mm, and it's clay based so crushes easily in between my fingers. I also have a manado type media just underneath which is finer (less than 0.1), also...
Thanks :D I'm from 'Sunny Manchester' well, Glossop to be exact. I tend to go to the Abyss in Stockport, they get some nice specimens in from time to time
This picture is my other macmasteri male - tank he came from at lfs had some undesirable tank mates hence the unfortunate loss of his dorsal tips. He's already bred twice with the resident female and has 7 week old fry in the tank (photo below)..
I've got a couple of other females, and have had them in the past, and never had one quite like this one. Bigger than the average female, my male doesn't like her, the females don't like her, and she doesn't like either sex :/
Normally it's obvious, but this one is a puzzle..
MacMasteri Red neck, quite large (if female) and colouring has changed since I got 'him'.. Both the male I got him with has rejected him, and so has my 'other female'.. He's been moved to his own tank and coloured up, but he confuses not just...