My only breeding pair of zebs have spawned 11 times in the last year the last was in January 2010 they have had a break for 2 and a half months and have spawned on the 8th of this month.
He has been killing them in the previous spawns after the 5th when I removed quite a few fry from the cave.
The spawn in jan of this year I removed the eggs from him day before all ok.
Now this time he seemed to trap the alpha female for 3 strait days not like before trapped 1 day out the next then trapped again for 3 days if you see what I mean.
This is one of the factors I think that has contributed to the fry being killed after they are hatched also with him being tiered all adds up,never the less I am not doing anything to induce them to spawn as like reducing the temp of the tank and so on.
They are due to hatch on the 13th,its in his hands(fins) now so will keep you posted as to the outcome I do hope he does not kill them as not doing so would be just fantastic!!!!!!!
Jerry
, they are young males still learning their trade I suppose.
or is that like asking how long is a piece of string 
Let us know how your fry progress, good luck.
