kholton
Aquarium Advice Regular
Hello everyone. I have a pretty well established 25g Malawi Cichlid tank, with 11 different species of fish (12 fish in total as I have a male and a female johanni). Ever since the tank first got set up the male johanni has exhibited at least SOME sort of spawning behavior, but until now, I had never thought that he would breed in such an overcrowded tank (as is normal for Lake Malawi Cichlids, please no comments on there being too many fish for the tank size). This morning however, I noticed that my exasperatus' throat was swelled, and upon further inspection I realized what that meant! However, then I started wondering how exactly that happened... considering there is no male of that species. I thought about it a little while and realized there are three possibilities. Either the exasperatus mated with the johanni, or (and I have no idea if exasperatus even does this) she stole the eggs from the johanni pair which I have witnessed exhibiting spawning behavior, or she's gone crazy and is carrying around unfertilized eggs... Basically, I'm just looking for any sort of input, (such as what this might be) or any sort of suggestions on what I should do. I have a sump that holds about 10g connected to the system, and it wouldn't be a huge deal to put her in there. Just let me know what you think!
Thanks guys,
~Kaden
p.s. I forgot to talk about hybridization... I realize that if there are fry which result from this, they will be hybrids. I was just wondering if anyone has any idea if exasperatus/johanni hybrids are viable, and if so what they might look like.
Thanks for any input.
Thanks guys,
~Kaden
p.s. I forgot to talk about hybridization... I realize that if there are fry which result from this, they will be hybrids. I was just wondering if anyone has any idea if exasperatus/johanni hybrids are viable, and if so what they might look like.
Thanks for any input.