Gone Fishin'

Last week, we were so busy with our conference, that we only got home when the lights of our aquarium were already off.
Imagine our surprise when on Saturday, I suddenly found more fishes swimming around! Our Anomalochromis thomasi, commonly also called African Butterfly Cichlid, had had babies! We counted five small fishes (which is not a lot, I guess they need more practice), which, I have to admit to our shame, are so big that they must be several weeks old already. I suppose that before last week, they had not been allowed to leave their hideaway behind a big root. What more can I say than Congratulations to the proud parents! We expect more to come……

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