
Which left monty going around flexing at everything from his own reflection, to ammanos, to, cories and every passing dead leaf being carried by the flow.

They spawned late last week in their new home but none of the cluster was viable. I always spray paint my background and thankfully, even though the 55 has had a painted background for years, nail polish remover did the job. Forcing me convert the old 55 I used as Qt. Both were badly bruised and even when I literally put my hand in to separate them, they doge me, and go back at it relentlessly. They uprooted every plant and made it look like the aquarium had it's own mini cyclone. I mean, I've seen cichlids fight, from apistos to mbunas but nothing compares to these two makes locking horns. And so I bought a more reliable calibrated penĪnyway as she healed Bulla came back into breeding mode and the violence that led to is another story. It wasn't until I checked the pen that I realized it was stuck on a reading but at an angle the LCD screen was going haywire. And I dropped the temp from 28 to 24C / 75F. In short, the accident happened because I change /measure temp my water with a temp pen and despite not needing its batteries changed for some time, the pen gave a false reading. My tank temp is 28C via an inline and traditional heater. I realized (with the help of FL alum on another site) that the cause was the temperature fluctuation. I haven't had a spawn/eggs last more than a few hours and we're approaching 24 hours so I'm curious to see how this plays out.Īfter my accident with Bulla (spawning female) I decided to the best course of action was to do, well, nothing. I'm not sure they're even fertilized but they haven't been eaten which is some progress in and of itself.
