Thoracochromis brauschi spawned

[Nebraska_cichlids]

I totally lucked out today: My female T. brauschi released a bunch of fry today. I'm not sure how many there are, probably at least 15. Small broods seem to be typical for this species from all what I could find out. Not much else to tell about this: fry were pretty big when relased; spawning occurred in hard Nebraska water; water temp. in the high 70s; diet primarily veggie-based; I kept the fish (two male and one female) in a 40G breeder with 5 moonlight tetras as dithers; I solated the female brauschi and kept her in a 10G tank once I noticed she was holding; on the first breeding attempt a few weeks back I made the mistake of not isolating the female and she lost all the fry.

Janos

 

[Ryan B]

When I had these fish, they produced close to 30 fry per spawn. The female was about 3.5".