What isn't supposed to happen, under normal circumstances, happened. The "pair" (not colony) of Duboisi Karilani in my 72 gallon bow front aquarium spawned. After 3 weeks, I carefully plucked the female from the tank (in the still of the night) and placed her in a 10 gallon aquarium so she could release her fry in peace.
It turns out this is one overprotective mom. The spawning occured on the 6th of July, and she only released the fry on the 12th of August. She is still very quick to gather up these little pearly butterfiles whenever I approach the tank. I don't feel the need to strip her, and am letting nature take its course. From all appearances, there seem to be about 5 - 6 fry; which are rather large compared to Mbuna fry.
I'm concerned about returning her to the tank with the male as I believe he will attack her in his excitement to spawn again.
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