Something has been puzzling me for a few weeks. First I will share a story with you.
A couple of months ago, I had to move some fish around at work (africans). There was one female (hap Ali) in the tank with a huge mouthfull and when I caught her, out came the fry. Cool! I Quickly got out the mesh baby box and put the 1 cm fry into it, then moved mom into the other tank. One hour later, all the fry were dead. I tested the water and everything was fine. Besides, they were exposed to that water in mom's mouth weren't they?
Why did perfectly fat, healthy, moderately mature fry die in the same water and tank that they shared in mom's mouth? This happened again with another cichlid, except the babies were even bigger! Actually one has survived and is now bossing around a tank of convicts 4 times his size!
Lizzy
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