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I have never read about which the Laetacara curviceps was polygamous, but...
The photos are bad, sorry.
The guardians
Rafael.
Yes, one male + two female with the "brood care coloration".Randall said:It's hard for me to see from the photos, but do you have a trio (one male and two females) exhibiting courtship behavior?
No, I have seven L. curviceps (brothers and sisters -me they gave them-) in the tank.Mike Wise said:Is it possible that you have 2 males, and 1 of the males is not one of the parents? Could he be interested in "assisting" with the spawn?
It's ok, in fact the young lost itself with three days of life and they have not returned to lay eggs.I would be interested to see if all 3 share brood care of the freeswimming fry. Usually in these situations fry do not survive long.
Don't worry, I have a pair with young in another smaller aquarium, ¡but not a trio! :biggrin:So sorry that the spawning wasn't successful. Take heart, if they spawned once, they'll do it again.
Your commentaries are very interesting, is for this reason that I began the message to know other experiences. :wink:In my fishroom, I've observed a second female "assisting" the parents in broodcare. This bizarre behavior, in my experience, is limited to broodcare over the eggs only and not over larvae or free-swimming fry. I've observed this twice; once with Laetacara dorsigera and once with Hemichromis lifallili. These are both monogamous, pair-bonding species.