Ok, so I have a 55g tank with most all tangos, G.Ocellatus, Brichardi, Halianthus, and some young new worlds. I was looking through my tank today and noticed one little fry hiding inside of a shell. It couldn't have been there for very long because it was tiny, at first I thought it was just debris floating around.
I've never bread Cichlids before and I haven't seen any of my fish showing any breeding displays or have I seen any other fry so I'm guessing that he's the only survivor. I was wondering if it's possible to have a Brichardi/Halianthus hybrid because this fry is hanging out with the Halianthus and kinda looks like one because the little fry has that kinda tail fin as a Halianthus/Brichardi and the Halianthus is pretty much the big dog of the tank which got me thinking that he/she was looking out for it because my Halianthus was being extra territorial. But it's weird because I only have one of them in my tank which makes me think of a hybrid.
My tank dominance goes like this: Halianthus tops all BUT for some reason when he gets around my larger Brichardi he instantly goes into submissive mode, but the Brichardi doesn't bother anyone. So thats why I was thinking that it might be a hybrid between them because they seemed to always be together.
Anyways, what should I do with this little guy? He seems to be doing good especially with the Halianthus guarding him, or so I think. I was thinking of trying to get him out of there and taking it him to the guy I buy all of my fish from because I have no experience with raising fry.
Do you guys think that he'll be good in there or should I not risk it?
I've never bread Cichlids before and I haven't seen any of my fish showing any breeding displays or have I seen any other fry so I'm guessing that he's the only survivor. I was wondering if it's possible to have a Brichardi/Halianthus hybrid because this fry is hanging out with the Halianthus and kinda looks like one because the little fry has that kinda tail fin as a Halianthus/Brichardi and the Halianthus is pretty much the big dog of the tank which got me thinking that he/she was looking out for it because my Halianthus was being extra territorial. But it's weird because I only have one of them in my tank which makes me think of a hybrid.
My tank dominance goes like this: Halianthus tops all BUT for some reason when he gets around my larger Brichardi he instantly goes into submissive mode, but the Brichardi doesn't bother anyone. So thats why I was thinking that it might be a hybrid between them because they seemed to always be together.
Anyways, what should I do with this little guy? He seems to be doing good especially with the Halianthus guarding him, or so I think. I was thinking of trying to get him out of there and taking it him to the guy I buy all of my fish from because I have no experience with raising fry.
Do you guys think that he'll be good in there or should I not risk it?
And congrats!
