Woot woot! OSCAR FOOD! ....or.... How my convict had babies

[ferret]

Wife just called me, the convicts got fry Suckers must have hid the eggs from me, I've been watching them for weeks. They had dug down to the glass, and I guess they laid them on the glass them pushed gravel back over them. I noticed yesterday they had completely covered the glass, and my wife says she sees like 50-100 fry. She thinks they're eating them.. which they might, but if I know cichlids they'll be around when I get home and I can setup the growout tank. OSCAR FOOD!

If I can manage to get a clear pic, I'll post.

 

[Enki]

COOL! Can't wait to see pix!

 

[Fruitbat]

ferret...

The adults are PROBABLY not eating the fry. Many cichlid parents will take the fry into their mouths and spit them back out again. Possibly they're giving the little monsters a bath!

 

[ferret]

Yeah I know, that's why I'm not too worried. I'm almost 100% certain she saw that. Hehe, probably freaking her out, knowing her she's staring at the tank in amazement still

 

[ferret]

Too hard to get a clear picture of them. But there's a good 200 of them.

 

[Katie_McKoy]

They look like sperm under a microscope 8O

 

[ferret]

hi wife ;p

 

[Katie_McKoy]

hola

 

[RogerMcAllen]

I am glad to see that you found out that the only good use for a c*****d is as a feeder fish.

 

[Allivymar]

*giggles*

Do you guys actually talk IRL? Or just on forums