T-bars Colouration Change

[NottsFishy]

As some of you know i purchased four T-Bar cichlids so i could get a pair and good news i got one the other two went back to the lfs and have already found good homes (girlfriends brother works there so i get knowledge of who my fish go to).
Well the pair have changed colour to a very dark blacky brown colouration and have cleaned out a plant pot of pebbles today and are guarding it against all comers lol a BN and 3 bloodfin tetras.
Now i know what this means as have resarched them alot and this is there breeding colouration so i may have some new additions which will be brilliant as never bred cichlids before

Thanks for viewing

Here are my new babies apologies about the streaks on the tank and the bits on the plant pots but gonna wait a bit before i clean it.

 

[NottsFishy]

I have babies !!!!
Just got home from work and both parents are showing them around the tank .
Must have around 100 fry maybe a few more but sadly they wont stay still long enough for me to count them lol.
Will try and post pics later

 

[england]

HAHA so they must have laid eggs befor you posted the thread yesterday, congratulation's mate and good luck, what you planning on feeding them with

 

[minxfishy]

Congrats

 

[M.R Otter]

congratulation's well done, I know how it feels like to have two cichlids that are guarding their young, it happened with three of my cichlids (Oscar fish-Green terror-Frontosa), good luck with on raising those little and big fellas!

 

[NottsFishy]

Cheers guys
Oh how they are so entertaining lol one decided to be adventurous but didnt get far as dad clocked him and spat him back into the rest of them lol.
Nelly they are currently being fed on Hikari baby bites but cant get any baby brineshrimp till thursday when i go to the only LFS near me that stocks them so hopig they will be fine.
Mum and dad are crushing there own pellets and spitting them out at the babies so i reckon they are eating bits of them which i am hoping will be fine for them.

 

[M.R Otter]

Cheers guys
Oh how they are so entertaining lol one decided to be adventurous but didnt get far as dad clocked him and spat him back into the rest of them lol.
Nelly they are currently being fed on Hikari baby bites but cant get any baby brineshrimp till thursday when i go to the only LFS near me that stocks them so hopig they will be fine.
Mum and dad are crushing there own pellets and spitting them out at the babies so i reckon they are eating bits of them which i am hoping will be fine for them.

I'm realy happy for you, oh! and in the wild, parent cichlids catch their prey and chew in their mouth then they spit it out for their young to eat, parents may also starve. but don't worry about what your cichlids are doing, it's normal.

 

[NottsFishy]

I'm realy happy for you, oh! and in the wild, parent cichlids catch their prey and chew in their mouth then they spit it out for their young to eat, parents may also starve. but don't worry about what your cichlids are doing, it's normal.

Cheers mate and thanks for that bit off info much appreciated

 

[glolite]

I didn't add any special food for my sajica fry, the parents spat out chewed food and they are now 2 months old. Great fun to watch them growing.

 

[NottsFishy]

I didn't add any special food for my sajica fry, the parents spat out chewed food and they are now 2 months old. Great fun to watch them growing.

Cool are they slow growers then as again have heard mixed things ?

 

[bagu]

wow congratulations! lovely pic, they are sooo small

 

[NottsFishy]

Thanks
Lol they gettin bigger can see there bellies when they have eaten lol