Festae Breeding

cichlidcave

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Dec 16, 2014
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Hello everyone! I am new to this site, this being my first post although I've turned to this site for years for advice. Anyhow. I have bred a fair share of cichlids through the years (btw I keep SA/CA cichlids) I've bred RD's/Midas, Jags, Cons, Texas cichlids. However I've had festae for a couple years but just purchased a pair of true F1 Rio Guayas from RoadRunner last month. They're still kind of shy but do come out for food and are active until I come up to the tank they scatter and come out slowly. The male has dug out a nice pit by an 8" flowerpot. The female bars up nicely & follows him around. She gets a light Orange not much of a breeding dress but the male doesn't seem too interested. They are both 5" I have 3 - 3" Red Devils as dithers they are temporarily in a 55 until I finish getting these planarian worms out of my 125. But they do get along, occasionally one or the other throws the other one a "love bite" but no tubes or breeding dresses. pH is 7.0 on the dot ammonia is .25 if that, nitrites 0 and nitrates are 25ppm. Any advice? I also have a nice piece of driftwood in there on the other side of the tank for a second choice of a spawning site. Sorry for the lengthy post just figured the more info I provide the better lol
 

rotaryblake

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Apr 14, 2013
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Were they bought as a proven breeding pair? Just because you have a male/female combo does not mean that they are guaranteed to spawn, but hopefully it works out for you.
My F1 female didn't produce a successful spawn until she was around 6''. I found that a large water change (25% or more) at a few degrees cooler than the tank would trigger a spawn, but every pair is different. Good luck!
 

cichlidcave

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Dec 16, 2014
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Thanks man. I bought them from Roadrunner who is well known to produce f1 pairs everyone who purchased a pair said they spawned. I've heard that too ab cooler water I'm gonna do another WC tomorrow. I also have two other smaller females to maybe trigger the female to lay, I also heard introducing another male may trigger a spawn too. We shall see what happens. Thanks for your post, happy holidays!
 
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