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My female Ocellatus has completely vanished, she was protecting fry and now only a few fry and the male Ocellatus remain.There is absolutely no sign of her and she would never abandon her brood.

My 5 Petricola are only 1.5" so are obviously not big enough to cause any real damage but could they have anything to do with it?

I think it's highly unlikely.

I thought so as well, I haven't kept Synos for long so just wondered, I fully expected them to take some fry I just wondered if they had any defence mechanisms except for speed to keep angry cichlids at bay.

Maybe she has just passed away in the rocks.

thanks for the reply

I let my Mouthbrooders drop their babies in the same tank with adult Petricola's, I never worry about them, If you are using shells that are not sized right sometimes the cichlids go to far in and get stuck.