borellii female adopting cacatuoides fry?

[DutchyIvo]

Hi Guys and Girls,

A question on behalf of some other Dutchman, I'll roughly translate his words:

"My cacatuoides are quite productive. This time, I placed some of the fry in my borellii tank. To my surprise the borellii female regained her bright yellow breeding dress, starting to chase the male away and gathered the fry.. Now, she's already leading the fry through the tank for a few days."

Off course, there's is the fry stealing within the same species. What about this behaviour? Any thoughts?

 

[tom prakash]

A lot of species do this even mammals, I've seen lions and gazelles. Its her maternal instincts taking over even if it isnt her young. She wants something to protect, they will do if her male isnt helping her so to speak

 

[Mike Wise]

Foster motherhood is well documented in literature for A. borellii. Not only of other apisto species, but even fry from other genera.

 

[danbb]

Is this available with the eggs?

 

[Mike Wise]

I've never read/heard of a female adopting eggs/larvae.