Ok, maybe this isn't a huge reason to get excited - for some reason, I just find it funny. In my new 125 gallon aquarium, I have strictly African cichlids, except for a pair of Honduran Red Points. Now normally a convict will keep all other fish on one side of the tank when it has fry. But that's not the case in my tank. My red points had a spot staked out from the moment I introduced them to this aquarium just over a week ago. But I never noticed eggs, and my massive male electric yellow (he's 8" long), fully grown female frontosa, and tiny 3" white calvus (this one makes me laugh SO hard) keep them whipped into shape. Whenever the red points go after another fish, one of those three gives them a good nip, and they retreat back into hiding. This morning while feeding my cichlids fresh frozen beefheart, which they were devouring, I noticed a little fish come swimming up over the back of this rock. To my surprise, there were a few hundred of them swimming down there! The red points have obviously held their own, but none of the fish are affected by it in the slightest.
Now what to do with the fry... Honestly, as much as I'd love to separate the parents with the fry to a different tank, I lack the funding, time, and energy to do so. My red points are truly beautiful fish, being oversized with perfect fins and color. I've never seen such perfect red points, honestly. But time will tell what happens. My bet is the fry will become sushi for the Africans.
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