I posted this in the breeding section, but thought I may get more looks in the cichlid section. I have one of these and I love it. I think it is a male and would love to try to breed him with a nice looking female. Is it as simple as finding a female of similar size and adding her to the tank? Reading online, I have found information on their breeding ... but nothing on the difficulty of finding a pair. Any information?
Andinoacara Stalsbergi Breeding Question
- Thread starter The Flizzle
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While it's preferable to allow a pair to form naturally from a group of fish, it is possible to introduce a male and female and get them to pair up. It's also possible - likely - that they'll beat the crap out of each other.
I'd divide the tank before introducing a female.
Matt
I'd divide the tank before introducing a female.
Matt
Thanks for the info. I guess Ill hold off on this dream. Im a novice at breeding and dont want to attempt something too hard as a beginner. If I do give it a try, would a common GT have a chance of pairing off with it?
That would be highly unadvisable. That would create hybrids floating around and resulting in it being difficult to get pure Stalsbergi species much like how many "Red Devils" sold are actually midevils (unless you hAve a reliable breeder/importer) due to all the cross breeding with two similar looking fish within the same genus