How To Breed Red Terrors?

[wild bill]

I thought you had taken your divider out I also didn't know it was made of plexi glass. They will not spawn if they are not together and probably not if you keep separating them every day. They need to be together and get used to each other.

 

[Convict Cichlids]

I will take I out this weekend. I would like to make sure that no fish get killed


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[wild bill]

Do they seem to show any aggression to one another through the divider?

 

[Convict Cichlids]

The male shows aggression sometimes. The female acts like the make doesn't exist.


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[duanes]

Cichlids are much more complicated in pair selection than many other less evolved species, and do not only communicate by sight, but with tail beating, that helps determine each others strength and pair bonding thru the movement of water, and other methods that may include sound and scent. With a plexiglass divider, some of these methods are not often possible.
This is one reason why egg crate though unsightly, can be very successful in pair formation, as it allows the movement of sound, pheromones, and the water movement/pressure to pass back and forth.
It even allows for spawning thru the divider, preventing one of a pair from killing each other.
I have had pairs that would normally kill each other, spawn this way.
Male fertilizing

female putting down eggs on the opposite side

 

[Convict Cichlids]

Thanks For The Pics

I Will Get The EggCrate By friday

 

[duanes]

Also, if the male is larger, a hole can be cut to allow the female to go back and forth which can be very effective in pair bonding.

Especially if he gets rough

 

[Convict Cichlids]

Ok will do.
Thanks for the info and pics


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[Convict Cichlids]

I removed the divider and for the first 5 min they were checking out each other and after that the male started chasing the female trying to bite her


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[Convict Cichlids]

Should I add the egg crate divider?


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