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They hatched on Saturday morning! I removed the females, as they certainly wouldn't do any good, and possibly some harm, but left the male to do his thing. I've just left him in, and he seems perfectly content to do his own thing and leave the babies alone, which is fantastic. Always exciting when babies are born!

Hi all - A few days ago I gave my GBAs (one male and two females) a lovely big water change - immediately afterwards they started digging their substrate under their cave. Yesterday evening I found two clumps of eggs. They have bred once before - I removed the adults two days after they were laid (I noticed that the eggs were moved around quite a lot by the adults, and assumed this was important, so I kept them in). I'm just wondering what the best practice is with regards to the adults? I've read that it's generally Ok to leave them in, but I am slightly concerned about the fry/eggs being eaten. Experiences?

Hi - What I do is leave the fry for at least a week to avoid too much disturbance, and then siphon water out with a handkerchief or a stocking over the end to stop any babies being sucked up. The gravel simply needs to be left until they are much larger. Also, for filtration, I cover the whole filter with a stocking until the fry are large enough to avoid being devoured by the filter (stockings come in very handy actually, though buying them yourself is not an option...).

Hi everyone - I'm Donald and new here. I've just finished school and, after the eternal holiday is over, will be a student at Auckland University. I've been keeping tropical fish for 5 years now, and love it. My 'speciality' is bronze cories, and I breed them pretty frequently. At the moment I've got 40 ready for sale, and about another 30 just born - so if you're interested please let me know! I also keep and breed GBAs and also have Sterbai's and Peppered Cories, a beautiful angel, a lovely Borneo Sucker and a Blue Zebra cichlid. I have 10 tanks. I'm also pretty good with Java programming, and at the moment I'm building myself an application to manage my fishkeeping: what fish are in what tanks, water tests, water changes, income, expenses etc, all presented in an easy-to-understand way... If anyone would like something similar to make their lives a bit easier please let me know! Looking forward to learning plenty!