jandj1
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OK just to update first, after having some serious aggression issues with my kenyi and deciding to use another time out to try and calm him down only to have him die due to a parasite (the parasite was isolated to his time out bucket) last month, I have restocked and have added 2 female and 1 male yellow labs.
Now everything is going good in my African tank no aggression issues or anything, but I noticed 2 days ago that my male yellow lab wasn't eating, after sitting on the floor and watching the fish intently for bout half an hour I noticed a small bulge under his chin that looked like he was holding.
He has been hiding a lot more since I noticed this and watching during feedings I've noticed that he just looks at the food and turns away.
I thought my labs were too small to spawn, they're all juveniles, my male is maybe 2 and a half in. and my females are a bit smaller than him, so is it even possible that he may have spawned with them? And why would the male be holding instead of a female?
Now I have been researching this and have found a few articles and papers that say that it is possible but extremely rare for a male to hold a brood among mbuna species. Just wondering if anyone else here has had this happen or have heard about it.
Thank you all
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Now everything is going good in my African tank no aggression issues or anything, but I noticed 2 days ago that my male yellow lab wasn't eating, after sitting on the floor and watching the fish intently for bout half an hour I noticed a small bulge under his chin that looked like he was holding.
He has been hiding a lot more since I noticed this and watching during feedings I've noticed that he just looks at the food and turns away.
I thought my labs were too small to spawn, they're all juveniles, my male is maybe 2 and a half in. and my females are a bit smaller than him, so is it even possible that he may have spawned with them? And why would the male be holding instead of a female?
Now I have been researching this and have found a few articles and papers that say that it is possible but extremely rare for a male to hold a brood among mbuna species. Just wondering if anyone else here has had this happen or have heard about it.
Thank you all
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