Maybe a stupid question...
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Good answer Austin... though some species have multiple males to one female...
For example... Red Hump Geos can be kept as a pair... as a trio... or as a colony...
A pair is self explanatory, a trio is 1 male and 2 females, a colony would be 2+ males & 3+ females...
Also, within a Colony there are likely various roles for each gender... I've kept a couple of species of "harem breeding" Cichlids as colonies. Watching them juggle the social roles is very interesting.
For example... Red Hump Geos can be kept as a pair... as a trio... or as a colony...
A pair is self explanatory, a trio is 1 male and 2 females, a colony would be 2+ males & 3+ females...
Also, within a Colony there are likely various roles for each gender... I've kept a couple of species of "harem breeding" Cichlids as colonies. Watching them juggle the social roles is very interesting.
Thanks for the info. My lfs is selling a colony of 6 frontosa for $300. More then I'm willing to pay but I'd consider buying them at $200. I've been in the store several times and have never seen fry in that tank or any evidence of any breeding. Can it be assumed that they do breed if their been sold as a "colony"? I'd hate to buy them and find out later that they don't breed. That would defeat the whole point of buying them in the first place.
i saw a thread you made before where you mentioned this and the size of the fish, and i feel like someone said they werent up to breeding size yet
i dont really know anything about frontosas but thats what i remember from that thread (the cichlid breeding room i think)
i dont really know anything about frontosas but thats what i remember from that thread (the cichlid breeding room i think)
Wulfonce;3617408; said:
No it is not safe to assume they can breed simply because they are referred to as "a colony"...
Heck, if the store called them "a breeding colony" I still wouldn't assume they weren't 'exaggerating'...
