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what kind of plecos are they? if they aren't doing the job you could also do a senegal bichir, just make sure to grow it out or find one big enough to not be dinner and he should make quick work of any fry at night
thats why i added that it had to be big enough, a senegal that is big enough to not be outright swallowed would be extremely hard for them to kill as they are very active and armored, my cichlids completely ignore my sens, and his JDs aren't completely grown yet eitherLoves severums;4283821; said:
Sarah88;4283956; said:
i don't think a bichir would last too long in there. the males teeth are pretty nasty looking already. they were quite peaceful until they started spawning. i don't think they would tolerate any other tankmates. the plecos have plenty of hiding spots or else they would be gone as well i am sure. btw the plecos are ancistrus cf. cirrhosus.
whoever mentioned the bucktooth tetra is what i am looking for. just never seen them in the lfs and they are not on aquabid. would be easier to just dump the fry in the tank with the piscivores and be done with them.
i would sell them to the lfs, but the market up here is not very good and from a lot of the trade-ins i have seen fishkeepers in my area are not very responsible. plus if my lfs has never heard of the fish then they don't exist, so they will sell them as jags or something instead of freddies.
You could always leave the fri in there. The parents should keep them selves occupied with guarding their current batch for a couple of months before trying to spawn again. when they do happen to spawn again, the parents will attempt to push off the old batch. Since the old batch cant go anywhere as they would normally do in the wild, the parents will eventually see them as threats to the new batch and either kill or eat them anyway. Since your planing on making them feeders anyway why start another tank, just more work. If you want to stop them for spawn completely you may try dropping the temperature, this might help, but don't drop it to much or you risk their health. The only other option is to separate them. That's my $0.02. Good luck, which ever way you choose to handle it.
I have a pair of Severum that are the same. I have been doing experiments with the photo period, temperature, and mostly matching water change temperature. But I am after a different outcome. I am looking to keep them from spawning every 3.5 weeks like they do now.
I found that if I change the time the light is on, that the duration does not really cause any change in spawning behavior, but that the change does. By this I mean that if I change it right after they lay eggs and I harvest the fry, and then change it again at say 2.5 weeks, the spawning activity is pressed to more than 3.5 weeks.
My fish are also triggered by big water changes, and water changes of noticeably colder water. In addition they are also triggered by larger than normal feedings of high protein foods. This is just what I have observed with my fish, hopefully some of it can help you out with your predicament.
I found that if I change the time the light is on, that the duration does not really cause any change in spawning behavior, but that the change does. By this I mean that if I change it right after they lay eggs and I harvest the fry, and then change it again at say 2.5 weeks, the spawning activity is pressed to more than 3.5 weeks.
My fish are also triggered by big water changes, and water changes of noticeably colder water. In addition they are also triggered by larger than normal feedings of high protein foods. This is just what I have observed with my fish, hopefully some of it can help you out with your predicament.
