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Keeping and Breeding
Retroculus xinguensis
Gosse 1971
by Lee Newman
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| A spectacular male Retroculus xinguensis in
the author’s aquarium. |
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| A nest made of pebbles protects the young fry. |
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| A female Retroculus xinguensis over the pebble
nest. |
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| When spawning finished, the pair gathered up the sand-covered
eggs and placed them in a pile next to a small stone. |
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| After pebbles were added to the aquarium, a nest was
constructed. The eggs were gathered up and placed in this nest after spawning. |
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| The female guarding her young fry in the pebble nest. |
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| A female guarding her fry over the sand. |
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| A male blowing into the sand, feeding his offspring. |
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