Buying group of Midas from Jeff Rapps

[muscle]

I'm getting ready to place an order with Jeff Rapps for a group of Midas. My plan is to buy a group of 6 or 8. My thought is that this will allow me to get a pair of Midas that I like. Jeff also said that raising the juveniles together will allow for pairs to form naturally.

If I do this, in your experience, does this increase my chances of being able to keep the pair together in one tank?

 

[Stalk3r]

been thinking the same this.

 

[Sarah88]

this will definitely help, usually a pair will get along quite nicely if they are able to naturally pair together like that and of course have a large enough tank, with bruisers like midas you should definitely still keep a divider handy but with a natural pair that grew up together your chances are definitely a lot better of being able to house them together with just nice hides that the female can go into to get away from the male if she needs to

 

[hamfist]

this will definitely help, usually a pair will get along quite nicely if they are able to naturally pair together like that and of course have a large enough tank, with bruisers like midas you should definitely still keep a divider handy but with a natural pair that grew up together your chances are definitely a lot better of being able to house them together with just nice hides that the female can go into to get away from the male if she needs to

+1

Muscle ... what size is your tank ?

 

[jonclark96]

+1 on what Sarah said.

 

[PzykoSkillz]

Definitely. I bought 5 when I got my first 75(didn't know better then) and ended up getting a pair, but unfortunately she laid eggs and he went nuts and wiped out the whole tank. I did have a few babies to keep at least.

 

[dookie]

i bought 6 fish from jeff and ended up with 2 pairs. if you leave them all together they form better humps.

 

[muscle]

Thanks guys. I haven't purchased the tank yet.

 

[muscle]

Ultimately, I only want to keep two and was planning on a 125g tank. Do you feel this will be OK to grow out a group in?

 

[AcsFoolMike]

125 should be ideal for a pair for life. And as the others stated, growing them out together and letting a pair form naturally will greatly improve your chances of getting a compatible pair that won't bicker and fight...could still happen though, so as sarah said, keep a divider handy.