[Pavel Chaloupka]

Thanks very much Bernd, I took away the females today, I think for the last time 😀 Taking out the larvae seems like the absolutely best option for any further care and for the option to not stress the parents and dismount the tanks all time. I am just wondering if labyrinth fish have some kind of imprinting of parental care and other behavior from parents for example like cichlids have? Or better question. Have you experienced artifically raised fish, especially males, be worse parents sometimes? Of course this question goes to everyone else too. As my imported Paros, even though these are their first spawns, seem to be great parents so far. Males present a great care for the first try and females are very responsibly guarding the teritory around the tank. It would be sad to ruin it with intensive methods like it has been done to other species over the decades of mass production. But if its not the problem, taking out larvae before they swim out of the cave seems to be great option. I have checked the clutches the newer clucthes and it seems this takes cca 4 days, so it should be even soon enough to not get in to any new eggs in the cave problem.