I was afraid I had just males EBAs but today I've seen this, Sorry for the video quality.
Are they breeding or fighting?
Video.
Are they breeding or fighting?
Video.
Fighting or Breeding behaviour Electric Blue Acaras
- Thread starter riuqlav
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Looks like breeding behavior to me. Expect a fight or two. Females will test the male and if she beats him she won't breed with him.
That's awesome! From 150 babies I raised these were the only ones I kept, I was afraid I wouldn't have a pair.
The big old freckles is always cockbloking, having fish breeding on the tank trigger others to breed too?
The big old freckles is always cockbloking, having fish breeding on the tank trigger others to breed too?
That would be awesome, despite the fact I have no idea what to do to save the eggs, the geos are gonna munch all of them ?
Now that you said it, I realise the sev and SD are always following them on the video!
But do you think they can breed at this size the Sev and the SD are around 5 to 7cm
Now that you said it, I realise the sev and SD are always following them on the video!
But do you think they can breed at this size the Sev and the SD are around 5 to 7cm
For breeding the SDs, if you can get them to spawn in moss or shorter bushy plants, you could try the breeding container method....
Use a margarine container with a DIY screen top. Weigh the container down with a rock or something inside. Plant the stems on top the screen. Hopefully the SDs will scatter some eggs in the stems and the eggs will drop into the container though the screen. Then just collect the hatched fry and transfer them to a growout tank. Some tetra eggs need complete darkness for the first few days, so the container helps with this.
Btw, looks like courting behavior with the EB acara to me as well!
Use a margarine container with a DIY screen top. Weigh the container down with a rock or something inside. Plant the stems on top the screen. Hopefully the SDs will scatter some eggs in the stems and the eggs will drop into the container though the screen. Then just collect the hatched fry and transfer them to a growout tank. Some tetra eggs need complete darkness for the first few days, so the container helps with this.
Btw, looks like courting behavior with the EB acara to me as well!
I have some plastic shallow trays I could use, but the plants will be a little hard I could put some green net bags that come with onions inside, because any plant I put the Sevs are gonna destroy.
But I have a question, are they already sexually mature at 5-7 cm? ?
Oh didn't realize severums eat plants so much! Or some kind of material that resembles or mimics plant stems? Like maybe artificial plant mass would work? It's just to get a good place for the SDs to scatter.
I like the tray idea. I mean why not try to raise them? If the project works, seems simple enough. The fry could escape the onion netting, but with something on top like a mop or artificial plant, hopefully they will stay where it's nice and safe
I like the tray idea. I mean why not try to raise them? If the project works, seems simple enough. The fry could escape the onion netting, but with something on top like a mop or artificial plant, hopefully they will stay where it's nice and safe