Gillie
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After keeping these guys many times over the years, I've decided to try my hand at breeding them. Wednesday, I picked up a young pair and shortly after being placed in their tank, the female started displaying and turning on her side to show her belly. Being a cichlid guy this behavior was alien to me and for hours she did this with no response from the male. I got home from work yesterday to find them both in a pot, no eggs and they wouldn't budge even for food. I got a little worried and did a water change and left the lights off, in case they were stressed. Today I checked on them before leaving for work and the female was out of the pot and much thinner, when I looked in the pot the male was huddled close to a bunch of surprisingly large eggs:thumbup:. I'm going to try for pics tonight, hopefully the phone camera is up to the task.