Deperately Seeking Safety

The female Convict Cichlid has been removed from the tank for her own safety. Affectionately called Ma Kettle, she seems to have either let first born snack out on the second batch of eggs, or decided she wasn't getting enough food herself.

Here she is hiding in her new, temporary home. I had to completely remove everything from the tank to be able to get her, and in the end she pretty much just gave up and let herself be caught. Just as well or I'd have been there all night!

It did give us a chance to count the young from her first batch. We can confirm we have 11 survivors from 17 starters.

Now the dad is in the tank with the kids - we'll see how that works out.