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Lion · 7 April 2013, 09:21 AM

Art, very nice pictures of your zoo visit.....now there they do post schedules for everything...Bob are you reading!!! LOL!!!

The one picture of the fish where many of them are blue look like they are Cichlids from the Africa freshwater lakes? It looks like many of them are mouth breeders where the males carefully dig out a spot in the sand. The female comes along and lays her eggs...then the male comes along and fertilizes them. And then the female comes back scoops them back up in her mouth and they incubate and hatch in her mouth. In some species the male helps once the eggs hatch by protecting the young and when there is danger will allow them into his mouth till danger passes!!!

Twenty years ago I raised African and New World(the Americas) Cichlids and had a Fish room in the basement where I set up tanks for breeding. I had 35 tanks and sold the young fish to pet shops. I also belonged to two Fish Clubs in the Chicagoland area...it was a lot of fun but when the Arthritis returned I couldn't do all the maintenance work and got out of the hobby!!!

Take it easy.....Leo

7 April 2013, 09:21 AM	#17715
Lion "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Real Name: Leo Location: Midwest Watch: GMT-II 16710 PEPSI Posts: 21,461	Art, very nice pictures of your zoo visit.....now there they do post schedules for everything...Bob are you reading!!! LOL!!! The one picture of the fish where many of them are blue look like they are Cichlids from the Africa freshwater lakes? It looks like many of them are mouth breeders where the males carefully dig out a spot in the sand. The female comes along and lays her eggs...then the male comes along and fertilizes them. And then the female comes back scoops them back up in her mouth and they incubate and hatch in her mouth. In some species the male helps once the eggs hatch by protecting the young and when there is danger will allow them into his mouth till danger passes!!! Twenty years ago I raised African and New World(the Americas) Cichlids and had a Fish room in the basement where I set up tanks for breeding. I had 35 tanks and sold the young fish to pet shops. I also belonged to two Fish Clubs in the Chicagoland area...it was a lot of fun but when the Arthritis returned I couldn't do all the maintenance work and got out of the hobby!!! Take it easy.....Leo __________________ SS GMT-II 16710 PEPSI(Z-serial#) THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND BOYS IS THE PRICE OF THE TOYS!!! MontBlanc Meisterstuck Doue Silver Barley MontBlanc Meisterstuck Solitaire Doue Signum Proud Card Carrying Member of the Curmudgeons.....Yikes!!!