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I have made two observations while working with a brreding female P. sacrimontis that are pretty interesting.. at least to me.
The female I have been working with is five days into caring for a batch of wigglers. I suspected that they were in the pot, but I could not see them. I did a no-no (sometimes my curiosity gets the better of me) and tipped the pot during a water change to get a better view. They were in there. The really interesing part is that the female lined the interior of the pot with java moss. The wigglers, being a very dark color (not pink or yellow like other Pelvicachromis eggs/wigglers) were hard to see amongst the java moss. If they had not been moving I would not have seen them.
The second observation happened when I was taking pictures the the pair defending the pot from a predator. What I do is place a glass lantern globe next to the spawning pot, and then put a small Polypterus senegalensis in the globe. The bicher is too small to be a threat to the adults cichlids, but teh wigglers would be an easy meal. I want to see what color patterns the female turns. Ever see a totally black krib? She did not get absolutley coal black, but every part of here except her fins turned as dark as I have ever seen a krib. Even the longitudinal stripe between the dark lateral line and dorsal line stripes turned dark. No pther Pelvicachromis species I have observed get sa colro pattern like this. I will post pictures once I get them processed. Unfortunately, the flash makes the fish look lighter than she appears in the tank.
The female I have been working with is five days into caring for a batch of wigglers. I suspected that they were in the pot, but I could not see them. I did a no-no (sometimes my curiosity gets the better of me) and tipped the pot during a water change to get a better view. They were in there. The really interesing part is that the female lined the interior of the pot with java moss. The wigglers, being a very dark color (not pink or yellow like other Pelvicachromis eggs/wigglers) were hard to see amongst the java moss. If they had not been moving I would not have seen them.
The second observation happened when I was taking pictures the the pair defending the pot from a predator. What I do is place a glass lantern globe next to the spawning pot, and then put a small Polypterus senegalensis in the globe. The bicher is too small to be a threat to the adults cichlids, but teh wigglers would be an easy meal. I want to see what color patterns the female turns. Ever see a totally black krib? She did not get absolutley coal black, but every part of here except her fins turned as dark as I have ever seen a krib. Even the longitudinal stripe between the dark lateral line and dorsal line stripes turned dark. No pther Pelvicachromis species I have observed get sa colro pattern like this. I will post pictures once I get them processed. Unfortunately, the flash makes the fish look lighter than she appears in the tank.
