I lost my favorite female, but I now have babies! Sadly, the half black yellow that I loved and had the most hope for great babies from is the one that died. She just kept getting bigger and bigger, and stayed that way, and then she was dead. I assume she probably just couldn't deliver successfully, but this all happened while I wasn't looking, so I do not know if any of the babies I now have were hers. A few of them DO look dark, like they may be half blacks, which would be awesome. I left on a Thursday, and came home on a Tuesday and had a tank full of babies, plus one dead female.
I now have more males than females, plus a tank of babies, and I'm not sure if it's wise to get a replacement female (or two) now that I have so many babies in the tank. But with 3 males and only 2 females (adults), I foresee a lot of harassment of the remaining adult females - not that it is happening yet, but advice is appreciated. Plus, I really have no females now that I really LIKE the colors on.
The tank remains peaceful, no-one is getting eaten or harassed, the adults seem to think the babies are just fine, they don't seem to care or notice they even exist, and even though I have lots of cover, the babies seem to prefer being out in the open, so I don't think they have any fear of being harmed - or they would presumably hide.
I now have more males than females, plus a tank of babies, and I'm not sure if it's wise to get a replacement female (or two) now that I have so many babies in the tank. But with 3 males and only 2 females (adults), I foresee a lot of harassment of the remaining adult females - not that it is happening yet, but advice is appreciated. Plus, I really have no females now that I really LIKE the colors on.
The tank remains peaceful, no-one is getting eaten or harassed, the adults seem to think the babies are just fine, they don't seem to care or notice they even exist, and even though I have lots of cover, the babies seem to prefer being out in the open, so I don't think they have any fear of being harmed - or they would presumably hide.