I have just had my 3rd spawning of N. leleupi in my Tang community tank. Ad Konings advises to keep the fry as along as possible with the parents as the male becomes beligerant to the female if the fry are removed too soon. My female seems to want to eat more than protect her young. The male sees her doing this and chases her back to the cave. But today after only three days of my seeing fry for the first time I pulled the cave this morning before the lights came on to move them to a rearing tank and they were all gone. In past days the fry would stay in the cave until the lighting was on for a while. Next time I will remove the cave the first day I see fry.
When not feeding she does a good job of protecting the cave.
Is this normal for N. leleupi?
When not feeding she does a good job of protecting the cave.
Is this normal for N. leleupi?