Mama Mbuna Spawns For 12th Time
From
Jeff Snyder@1:345/3777 to
All on Sunday, August 01, 2010 13:35:00
Yesterday, Mama Mbuna spawned for the twelfth time. I am a bit surprised, because it has only been thirty days since her last spawn, and she released
her eleventh spawn only eight days ago.
Sadly, this spawn was a very disastrous event. The tank was in quite a
frenetic state as a number of the males were chasing around Mama Mbuna, in
the hope of being the one to fertilize her eggs. During the course of all of this activity, I saw her drop one or two eggs, which I've never seen her do before. The eggs were immediately eaten by other fish. I think the stress of having so many males chasing her was just too much for her.
I haven't caught a glimpse of her yet today, but from looking at her throat pouch yesterday evening, I suspect that she lost all of the eggs due to the feverish activity in the tank. As I've said before, I think that the days
when the majority of the fry had a fair chance of survival is just about
gone. Survivors will now be the exception, rather than the rule.
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