breeding bumble bees????
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bigswalve;4896049; said:
You might get better results with male and females.
Our crabro's did not start breeding till well after one year.
Put as many as possible in yr tank & keep a well balanced diet along with clean water.
Although they are not Crabro, they are Psuedotropheus. My P. Elongatus Chewere are packed in at 18 of them. I feed them a mixture of 5 different pellets & water change a MIN of 50% a week.
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Although they are not Crabro, they are Psuedotropheus. My P. Elongatus Chewere are packed in at 18 of them. I feed them a mixture of 5 different pellets & water change a MIN of 50% a week.
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As a minimum, they will need a 4'x18" tank (preferably a tall one - 90 or 110) to themselves as the males will get 8"+ and are very aggressive. Your ratio should be somewhere around 1M/4-5F at a minimum, with no other males in the tank.
In a tank smaller than this or with a lower ratio, you may have a couple of random spawns when they are small, but this will not last and the crabro will eventually kill the females as he matures.
When you consider their size and aggression, they are the mbuna best equipped to do a lot of damage. A few years back, I had an adult male that killed several full grown haps... and there weren't even any female crabro in the tank.
Not trying to scare you away, just wanted to make you aware of how rough these fish really are.
In a tank smaller than this or with a lower ratio, you may have a couple of random spawns when they are small, but this will not last and the crabro will eventually kill the females as he matures.
When you consider their size and aggression, they are the mbuna best equipped to do a lot of damage. A few years back, I had an adult male that killed several full grown haps... and there weren't even any female crabro in the tank.
Not trying to scare you away, just wanted to make you aware of how rough these fish really are.