The first african I ever bred. They are predators but not real aggressive. I started with one male and four or five females. All fairly large at the time. Within a month I had hundreds of them. They breed alot and can have very large batches for mouth brooders. With large females I was getting well over 50 per spawn every time. The fry grow quickly with good food and water changes. Man was I doing some water changes back then. Last time I was at TFP they had several large albinos. I had never seen them before. I prefer the regular ones as they are stunning. Good luck and knowing you, you will probably have a million of them in no time.