Aulonocara Baenschi
Benga Sunshine

      I had ordered 5 Benga SunShine's and I thought I had all males untill two of them breed and I got a chance to take some pict. of them. It was very interesting for they were in my 200gl tank which was very hard for them to breed, they had to fight off a lot of othere cichlids and even one's bigger then them. The male would pick a flat part of a rock or a cave for the female to drop her eggs, but it seemed every time that they got started there were intruders, she didn't get to keep all of the eggs she droped for the intruders got alot of them. I plan on moving them into my 55gl tank to house them from now on so I can have a lot of sponds. Not all of the pict. came out very well so I put the best I had, enjoy them.
protecting the cave
starting the breeding dance
  Droping some eggs
picking up some eggs
picking up eggs
picking up eggs
fertilizing the eggs
fighting off the intruder
next page I have pict. of the eggs and more of otheres of the Benga Sunshine
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