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Dicrossus filamentosus pair egg and fry care

TCMontium

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Hi,

My Dicrossus filamentosus pair laid eggs in a densely planted aquarium with a bottom area of 24x16 inches. Female's nest is in a corner and doesn't see the male except if male were to go to the 1/3rd of the aquarium where the felames nest is. Plants are dense enough that I can't find the fish most of the time and catching one might be troublesome. Sadly I don't have a small bottle to make a trap to get the male either.

Can a female peacefully care for the eggs and then care for the fry, even though the male is in the tank? Or did everywhere you read/heard and every experience you had show that the male Dicrossus disturbs and stresses the female or eats the eggs/fry? I can find a lot about maternal care of the eggs and fry but couldn't find anything about the male behavior sadly.
 

MacZ

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Dicrossus are quite docile in comparison. Just recently I read a breeding report that they can be kept in groups of several females and a male without the fry being eaten. So I would assume this is not a problem.

Schönen Gruß von Bonn nach Kassel.
 

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