| Old Text: | Spawning takes place in a cave, shell, or flowerpot too small for the male to enter. The male releases his milt at the entrance, then the female fans eggs, and remains in the shell till they hatch. She may not come out at all during this time. The male then guards the territory, preventing any other fish from coming near. The female will gaurd the fry as well, but the male will usually attempt to eat the free swimmers. For this reason, the shell with the female should be separated from th
| New Text: | Spawning takes place in a cave, shell, or flowerpot too small for the male to enter. The male releases his milt at the entrance, thenwhich the male and female fansfan into the cave onto the eggs, and. The female remains in the shell tilluntil they hatch and become free swimming after roughly 10-14 days. She may not come out at all during this time. The male then guards the territory, preventing any other fish from coming near. The female will gaurd the fry as well, but the male will usually abandon attemptthe area leaving the female to eatguard the freeeggs swimmersand fry. ForThe thismale will eat reason, the shellfree withswimming fry if given the femalechance, so steps should be separatedtaken fromto remove the female and eggs to another thtank. |
Posted 19-Dec-2007 07:35
