Hello everyone
I have a pair of Texas Cichlid. December 2014 I got my first spawn. Not successful.
January 2015, 2nd spawn. didn't even notice untill I saw fry moving around near their cave.
They all died because the cave was on the glass and gravel arround it, the fry went under the sides of the cave and got stucked there. None survived. so i decided to vacum clean the gravel, so I moved the cave out. Parents still thinking babies were still alive I think since they were protecting it a bit.
Once eveything was cleaned. The temper of the male changed drastically. Mayve he wanted to breed right away but the female wasnt ready ? He was chansing he in the tank, attacking he. Back from work I found my female in a very bad state. ( see attached picture )
I then used a seperator to keep them seperate, duh. I even put the male in another tank for a while. Until all wounds were healed completely. more than 2 months has past. She's all recovered. I try reintroduce the male in her tank. She was scared of him, but curious at the same time. He chased her again, she has little bits of her tail bitten but nothing alarming. What is wrong guys ? Does the male thinks that the female killed all the babies so he dislike her (lol) ? I really don't know what to do to make them a happy couple again !
You can see other pictures of them when they were protecting eggs / fry.
Aquarium -> 30 gal, two HOBs, Ac50 fluval c3, temp 75.
Thanks
I have a pair of Texas Cichlid. December 2014 I got my first spawn. Not successful.
January 2015, 2nd spawn. didn't even notice untill I saw fry moving around near their cave.
They all died because the cave was on the glass and gravel arround it, the fry went under the sides of the cave and got stucked there. None survived. so i decided to vacum clean the gravel, so I moved the cave out. Parents still thinking babies were still alive I think since they were protecting it a bit.
Once eveything was cleaned. The temper of the male changed drastically. Mayve he wanted to breed right away but the female wasnt ready ? He was chansing he in the tank, attacking he. Back from work I found my female in a very bad state. ( see attached picture )
I then used a seperator to keep them seperate, duh. I even put the male in another tank for a while. Until all wounds were healed completely. more than 2 months has past. She's all recovered. I try reintroduce the male in her tank. She was scared of him, but curious at the same time. He chased her again, she has little bits of her tail bitten but nothing alarming. What is wrong guys ? Does the male thinks that the female killed all the babies so he dislike her (lol) ? I really don't know what to do to make them a happy couple again !
You can see other pictures of them when they were protecting eggs / fry.
Aquarium -> 30 gal, two HOBs, Ac50 fluval c3, temp 75.
Thanks