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My pair of wild Pel. taeniatus 'Nigeria green' surprised me today with a nice batch of free swimming fry. The female did a really good job of keeping the brood hidden, and her coloration during egg/wiggler care is significantly different enough from the other P. taeniatus types that I did not suspect she had bred.
If you are not familiar with the story.... I got these fish a few months ago and lost 90% of the box becauseteh fish were so starved that their internal organs had emaciated to the point where they could not recover. Only one female and five males from a box of 30 fish survived. I suspected that even the survivors may have been so damaged that they woudl never successfully spawn. I am so glad to be wrong! Here is a picture of the father. I will hopefully have images of the brood by the end of the day.
If you are not familiar with the story.... I got these fish a few months ago and lost 90% of the box becauseteh fish were so starved that their internal organs had emaciated to the point where they could not recover. Only one female and five males from a box of 30 fish survived. I suspected that even the survivors may have been so damaged that they woudl never successfully spawn. I am so glad to be wrong! Here is a picture of the father. I will hopefully have images of the brood by the end of the day.
