Today I watched something peculiar …….. I saw the female quindecim visiting a hollow bamboo cane, open on both ends, and saw her inside the tube constantly nibbling on the ceiling. It looked like caring for eggs …………… so I tried to see something with a torch (flashlight, for American readers 😉 ).
That’s what I saw:
What’s peculiar is the fact that I have never seen the male inside this bamboo cane. I moved the pair to their actual tank a few weeks ago, and since then the male is sitting under an arching leaf in the back of the tank, that’s his new cave.
So how can there be two freshly hatched young (according to the yolk sac) in this abandoned tube – obviously cared for by the female????