Electric Yellow cichlids

FISHSD

ya well her jaw shape just popped out at me and looked so different. She seems to hide until i walk in front of the tank and then she chases off the 1.5inch cichlid and stays pretty much in her cave.

GregV

To phrase better what happens.

In my experice, if you have gravel dont worry because males still will dig in it, we have pretty course rock in the rank the the fish can barley move and they have still sucessfully breed there.

I hope that helps lol.

FISHSD

ok well now i am unsure if she is holding or not because i just gave them feed them and she stayed at the bottom and watched the others go for it. then she started going higher up like midway and was staring at the food. Some food floated next to her and she looked at it and kinda went after it but never went into her mouth. I dont know what this means. Maybe she isnt holding and i dont get little babies. :( :( :( :( :( :(

GregV

I would just keep watching her, she probably will open her mouth form time to time even if she is pregneant but most of the time it will be closed.

GregV

Update : Further research indicates that liplocking is usually a duel between males.

willow

any news ?

FISHSD

sorry for such a late response but my school work is an incredible amount and havent gotten around to checking this. Well the 3 incher has seem to become king and chases the 2.5 inch one around even though the 2.5 incher dominated the 3 incher at first.

willow

hi
a little something to add.........
has the dominant one got any signs of the face turning black,
this would be a male if it has.

FISHSD

No but the 2.5 inch one does look like its forming that