Paratilapia sp. East Coast small points

I acquired 6 specimens in the 2004 AFC congres from Loic le Rezollier (I believe they were offspring from fish that had been given by Jean Claude Nourissat). I gave two (the bigger and smaller) to a friend who keeps them very well, and I kept the remaining four in a 900 litres along with other malagasy species. Despite frequent water changes and good food, they refused to even show trace of forming a pair. This last winter a heavy pneumonia kept me a month in the hospital and another month at home - a friend went at my studio to feed the fish every now and then - so I can tell that tanks were seriously neglected. When I finally got to my studio, surprise, a pair of Paratilapia guarding fry!
I siphoned most of them in the sump (there is an extra space for that purpose). 15 days later, I can't see any losses - having no time to culture artemia, I feed only tetra baby food. They seem to do very well, and there are LOTS of them.