Waterloo Kid
Fish Addict
Just a quick question about the level of protection these fish give their young. As you can see from my signature I run a community tank with a mix of small an medium fish. Most of my fish have bred but without special treatment (i.e. rmoving the fry or supplying special foods) my dwarf cockatoo are now on the fourth generation. All the fry have come from one mother. The original father died afetr fertilising the first batch of eggs but on fry survived. It was another male and has gone on to father two more batches of young. It's the mother who protects the young and generally keeps them in the plant thickets. they appear to feed off infusoria around the plant bases and although not many survive from each batch (1 or 2 only) they are wonderful fish with great colours.
My question is, is this unusual to have fry survive in such a hostile environment? The mum seems to know exactly where to put her fry for protection and for the best chance of finding food. The angelfish are fully grown at about 150mm tall (yeah, not great examples of angelfish but they are healthy and do spawn every couple of weeks or so) and along with the tetra, B. Cupido and keyholes are all avid fry eaters.
Go super mum!
WK
My question is, is this unusual to have fry survive in such a hostile environment? The mum seems to know exactly where to put her fry for protection and for the best chance of finding food. The angelfish are fully grown at about 150mm tall (yeah, not great examples of angelfish but they are healthy and do spawn every couple of weeks or so) and along with the tetra, B. Cupido and keyholes are all avid fry eaters.
Go super mum!
WK
