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I have one couple of the fish sold by Mimbon as Diamond Face. The male I have does not have the red on the gills (see the other topic on kelleri). I keep them in a 50x50x40 cm tank, spongefilter, lots of hiding places and no extreme waterconditions. For dither fish I put in a small pair of bitaeniata. After feeding brine shrimp and red mosquitolarvae they have spawned in a clay tube (originally for L numbers).
At this moment the eggs have hatched and the female is guarding them very well. The male is not allowed to come too close and the bitaeniata's are attacked wenn visible.
The interesting fact is that the female leaves the fry in the tube. She has already moved them to another tube, but she still leaves them there. No mouthbreeding at all. Very interesting as this species looks very similar to A. barlowi. Maybe this species is facultative mouthbreeding, but I think the bitaeniata are too much present to say mouthbreeding is not needed.
Did anyone else breed this species and see it mouthbreeding or not?
Mark
At this moment the eggs have hatched and the female is guarding them very well. The male is not allowed to come too close and the bitaeniata's are attacked wenn visible.
The interesting fact is that the female leaves the fry in the tube. She has already moved them to another tube, but she still leaves them there. No mouthbreeding at all. Very interesting as this species looks very similar to A. barlowi. Maybe this species is facultative mouthbreeding, but I think the bitaeniata are too much present to say mouthbreeding is not needed.
Did anyone else breed this species and see it mouthbreeding or not?
Mark