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Home Alone
I set the fish up in a 2’x18”x18” quarantine tank but there was quite a bit of
stress and torn fins so after just a fortnight they moved in with my F1 Kitumba
Frontosa colony in a 6’x2’x18” tank where there was enough space to get away
from each other.
In this tank they seemed quite happy mixing and interacting with each other so
I left them to get along and hopefully pair up.
I didn’t expect them to breed in a tank with Frontosa and was really just hoping
to see them pair up but was surprised one day to notice little babies hugging
the rocks in one end of the tank.
Breeding
It appears that ndobhoi form relatively temporary pair bonds and don’t mind
the occasional bit of wife swapping between batches of fry..
Most of the time the adults are happy to just get around with the “gang” and
then when the urge arrives a pair will form and they’ll go off to do a bit of
nuptial caving.
My females showed a distinct preference for a shallow, flat cave big enough for
the female to turn around in but small enough for her to protect. On the ceiling
of the cave she’d lay what appeared to be 50-100 eggs, presumably fertilized by
the male from the entrance.
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