I noticed a month ago I'd had some mating action happen in my tank. It was really odd, since I thought I had only males, but I couldnt fight what I was looking at- 2 baby fry. I eventually figured out my smaller peacock wasnt a fellow, and figured the other fishlets got picked off.
A few weeks ago, maybe 2 to 3, I thought I saw her holding again, but found her the next morning dead as a doornail. So imagine how surprised I was to find a tic-tac sized baby roaming around. I broke the tank down to substrate and netted out a dozen yougsters. They look exactly like the only remaining fish from the first batch only smaller, and clearly have some peacock in 'em. Could the fry/eggs have come from the dead female possibly? Hybridization maybe? Im clueless here... Here was the stock list at the time...
N. venustus
Red Empress
L. textilis
N. brichardi
N. Lelepui
J. Marlieri
2x A. hansbaenschi
A few weeks ago, maybe 2 to 3, I thought I saw her holding again, but found her the next morning dead as a doornail. So imagine how surprised I was to find a tic-tac sized baby roaming around. I broke the tank down to substrate and netted out a dozen yougsters. They look exactly like the only remaining fish from the first batch only smaller, and clearly have some peacock in 'em. Could the fry/eggs have come from the dead female possibly? Hybridization maybe? Im clueless here... Here was the stock list at the time...
N. venustus
Red Empress
L. textilis
N. brichardi
N. Lelepui
J. Marlieri
2x A. hansbaenschi