Today in the Fishroom~P. Managuense "Fry Breeding Behavior"

This video shows a breeding behavior called "glancing". In essence it's the parents feeding the fry from the slime coat on their body. to the best of my knowledge this behavior hasn't previously been documented for this species. Here's how it goes: Invariably the male ad female will start making a snapping gulping movement with their mouth. It looks quite violent, but if you watch the video you will see the fish spit out any fry that were unlucky enough to get caught up in the mouth. Right after the mouth snapping the fish will either settle to the bottom on their side, or even prop themselves diagonally against the tank side or driftwood. The fry will then dart in and apparently eat off the side of the parent. I don't know what the "snapping" means...but it happens in that order. I would speculate that it some very large "dinner bell" underwater. It almost seems like the parents are in competition with each other in getting and keeping the fry's attention. When they go to the males side the female snaps and lays on her side...vise versa when the female has the fry.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• cichlids
• managuense
• motaguense
• carpinte
• red
• devil
• dovii
• umbee
• fish
• aquarium

[Aquamojo]

Thanks...I appreciate the nod.

Mo

[psychoninja911]

@kingkay25 So I got a divider in my dovii tank just like this. Females don't grow fast, or that large. So you can easily keep the big bulky male to 1 side of the tank.

[psychoninja911]

@kingkay25 Pretty sure the holes are just big enough for the female to swim through, lay her eggs on 1 side and escape the males brutal wrath. Trust me, it's 100% needed in most situations. Other people I know who breed, they completely remove the female from the tank until they're ready to try breeding again.

Jags have attitudes, but NOTHING like a dovii. And dovii have huge teeth. I think the largest out of any cichlid.

[kingkay25]

I have a breeding pair or jags I just wanted to know why do u have the divders with holes big enough for the parents to swim though ?

[Aquamojo]

@mistaevanson

I can assure you that the fish is 100% disease free. He's alive and well and breeding like crazy. I've kept CA cichlids for over thirty years, familiar with the disease you mentioned. He doesn't have it.

[axlrafter]

exellent!

[TheCichlidslover]

interesting. nice J

[Mr973black]

nice pair!!

[215TheFlash]

what is the growth rate of a managuense cichlid???

[theDogsWater]

Is the female the lighter one? I think I have a female Jag and a female Oscar. The Jag tries to lip lock the Oscar even though the Oscar is 4 times it's size. Seems like shes trying to mate or just being aggresive to another female. I can't figure it out.

Great video,thanks for sharing!

[MitchTheGreat7]

fucking sweat!