I did it! Cracked the Cichla Code. C.E.

High City Rida

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I finally had success with the Purivian Monos. :headbang2Now it's time to see how far I succeed with rearing them up to a reasonable size and then I can finally take a bow. Only thing left after this will be to breed Pike Cichlids but that is another conversation all together. Here are a few pictures from there previous spawns and here are a few videos from there current spawn. The first video is of the wigglers and the second is of the Free Swimmer's. :D

And so everyone will know I had to remove my Cobra Pike to finally get success. So sometimes you have to let somethings go to make some gain in the right direction. Also for breeders this was the first time I skipped my scheduled water change. I think this also was a contributing factor.

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Awesome, do you have any videos of the monos prespawn / spawning behavior?
 

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Awsome Mike! Look at all those fry!

Congratulations. Nice to have someone around here with a breeding pair of Peru Monos:D:naughty:
 

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congrats bro :cheers:
 

High City Rida

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Thanks everyone.

Monster F M. I got so used to them doing this i haven't taken any videos of them doing there thing in a while. But there are some old videos of them doing there thing on youtube. Under the same user name.

Angler, oh yes man its on like popcorn. I also have some Vieja Bredohri (sp) fry right now. And very soon I will be putting the Cubans back in the breeding tank.
 

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I dont know if you have seen, but I might have a Mono Orino pair. They fight like crazy, and I wanted to see how the monos acted. So, I will check out your videos. Did you remove all fish in the breeding tank? In my 150 I have the pair, a gold sev, gar, and a pleco. I also think the orino might be too young to breed yet. How old are your monos?
 
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