Hi everyone,
I got home from work earlier and looked into my tank to find a suprise....my Tahuantinsuyoa macantzatza spawned! They are from Peru and are delayed biparental mouthbrooders. So they will lay eggs and after they become wrigglers, one or both parents will incubate. I'm really excited to see this behavior. Right now, the mom is guarding her clutch. Whenever anyone comes near her eggs, she chases them off and blares her gills out...very scary looking even to me!
Here are some photos...sorry for it being so dark. I didn't want to use a flash...didn't want to scare them too much. I will definitely keep everyone posted!! I'm so excited!!!
If anyone have any experiences they can share with this fish, I would really appreciate it.
Mom guarding eggs:
another pic of eggs:
From far away in DFW-land,
-duc.
I got home from work earlier and looked into my tank to find a suprise....my Tahuantinsuyoa macantzatza spawned! They are from Peru and are delayed biparental mouthbrooders. So they will lay eggs and after they become wrigglers, one or both parents will incubate. I'm really excited to see this behavior. Right now, the mom is guarding her clutch. Whenever anyone comes near her eggs, she chases them off and blares her gills out...very scary looking even to me!
Here are some photos...sorry for it being so dark. I didn't want to use a flash...didn't want to scare them too much. I will definitely keep everyone posted!! I'm so excited!!!
If anyone have any experiences they can share with this fish, I would really appreciate it.
Mom guarding eggs:
another pic of eggs:
From far away in DFW-land,
-duc.