Breeding Red Devils

[loureyes]

I recently got a pair of red devils the male is 10" and the female is around 6" or so they are in a 125 gallon with 2 jack dempseys 2 firemouth 2 convicts and a 12" RTC. The male R D just thrashes the female so i divided the tank so she can beef up for him. I would think that since there are other fish in the tank that he would focus on attacking them but he almost always goes for her. Any ideas on what i should do?

 

[fishbee]

hi
i would cut holes big enough for her to slip through the male side and if the going gets tough, she can dart back to safety. when she's ready, she'll stay in her male side and breed like any cichlids.
i used to have mine bred every 2 weeks.
GL with urs

 

[arherp]

^x2. Good luck.

 

[villainboy]

In order to please him she will have to spawn, if you want to help her, do a particle water change 25% and make sure the water temp is in higher range. Also, and very importantly, use your lights to stimulate breeding, turn off at night and leave on longer during the day. This usually helps me, along with stress coat.

VillainBoy1

 

[perfect_prefect]

get a bigger tank. more places to hide from him. caves she can fit into that he cant. visual breaks.

 

[loureyes]

OK OK Thanx for the feed back I change the decore up like every day to give her more places to hide right now she shows way more agression to him but he is not acting interested but I have a male texas in there that really wants to mate with her his lil thing is hanggin out (lol) and so is her's I wonger what the kids will look like if the mated

 

[nolapete]

The male texas is probably deterring the male RD from getting to her. Doubtful she'll pair with the male RD with the male texas showing interest.

 

[loureyes]

i love this site

I wonder though what the kids would look like if they did mate? the male red devil is 10" or so and the male texas is around 5" the texas swims off with attitude when he come out of his pot