I tried to put up a fine plastic mesh net, but too many "other types of fish (a pair of cichlids I also don't know their type but will follow that link to identify) get trapped behind it too. So, I suppose we'll have to sit this one out and see what we can do by keeping the lights on.

I was reading those threads there concerning the brooding of the fry, it seems that the person who observed that the parents will eat the young under certain circumstances, also recommends keeping cheap fish that light prey (such as goldies and guppies) around in the tank (it's 6 feet long) to give the parents something to do, someone to beat up and kill, instead of taking it out on the babies and eating them or the spousal abuse of the male toward the female so often noted. He claims that they get bored without a target for their aggression.

I guess this is like the quip that Regan gave which was the basis for the plot behind the movie "Independence Day," where all nations of mankind ceased fighting each other for a common cause of survival.

Good chatting with you Brenda;

I too am taken with plants and animals. Someday maybe we can swap some stories I don't have pictures for. God I wish I did!

Yank My Doodle, It's a Dandy!