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The Triangle Cichlids came from the Fairoak (Southampton) branch of Aquajardin, same place my Opsarius; Dennisons Barb; Panda Garra came from
Pity Southampton is miiiiiles away from me, seems to have some good fish there 
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Love these fish. Bought 4, with the intention of trying to get a pair, about 9 months ago and i'm just sitting here watching two big uarus gently sucking up errant wrigglers and spitting them back into a little hollow in some bogwood to keep them safe. Pretty cool to watch, dunno if any will survive as they are in a community tank but the parents are by far the biggest of the residents and are doing a fine job so far!
I would say they were very defensive more than aggressive if you know what I mean? They picked their corner and set up camp but it wasn't (and still isn't) like they were chasing everything about the tank. After saying that there isn't really anything big enough to pose them any threat...Love these fish. Bought 4, with the intention of trying to get a pair, about 9 months ago and i'm just sitting here watching two big uarus gently sucking up errant wrigglers and spitting them back into a little hollow in some bogwood to keep them safe. Pretty cool to watch, dunno if any will survive as they are in a community tank but the parents are by far the biggest of the residents and are doing a fine job so far!
Excellent ! How aggressive (or not) were the parents with the other tank members through the whole spawning thing ??
Don't want to move the fry too early, 1 because they look so delicate and 2 because it's very interesting to watch but at the same time I'd like even to get some past the "looks like a tasty snack" size...
I would say they were very defensive more than aggressive if you know what I mean? They picked their corner and set up camp but it wasn't (and still isn't) like they were chasing everything about the tank. After saying that there isn't really anything big enough to pose them any threat...
Came home today and I had a quick look and was gutted not to see a single wriggler left round the bogwood with the female! Soon cheered up though when I noticed about 40 free swimming fry hovering round the big male about a foot away up the tank!
Noticed them doing that for the first time this afternoon
Well a few weeks down the line and another batch of fry... They've been free swimming now for a full week and the parents have been taking excellent care of them. They're growing pretty quickly and I think they're getting near the size where I could seperate them and feed them on powdered flake. My head says to do this but it really is fascinting to watch them with the parents...
Yeah I'll have to steal the daugthers camera at some stage, I tried with my phone but they've retreated to the end with floating plants so the lighting is pretty grim...
