Cichlids with strongest pair bond?

[Snowflake311]

I thought all cichlids have the chance to bond strongly if they find the right mate. I had Blue acaras that were the worst. They had a love hate thing going on the mother always turned on the male once the eggs hatched. They had a tank to them self too.

I think it all depends on the fish not so much the kind of Cichlid. I could be wrong. I think the reason we don't always see strong bounded pairs all this time is due to the aquarium life and slim pickings when it comes to mates.

 

[KCinSoCal]

I agree. Parachromis are great together once they "decide" they're a pair.

All Parachromis in general or are some more easy going? I don't think I have ever read about a really strong Mota pair.

 

[fishfarm]

You can not go by species, it's really the individual fish, I have some fish that will only bred through a divider as they will kill any other fish they encounter and others that get along fine (at least for a while) I divide just about EVERYTHING. I am a fish breeder, I have species only tanks, once a pair forms I put them in a 40 gallon breeder with a divider, I have a few exceptions, but it is rare in larger CA. My small fish like Cryptoheros I do breed in 10 gallon tanks with no divider and I have a pvc pipe the female can escape to that the male can not get into and still lose an occational fish. I really think it's is an excpetion rather than normal in the confines of an aquarium that two large fish get along, out of the hundreds of pairs I have the following are the only fish that are not divided, A pair of Gold JD, a very large pair of Paratheraps maculacauda, two large pairs of Amp. labiatus that live in a 125 and have a imaginary line in the middle of the tank they defend from each other, a pair of Amp. xiloensis that get along for some reason. Otherwise I divide the fish, some may get along for a short poeriod, but I don't need any more solo males takeing up tank space so I divide all the fish, I want fry, not dead females or males for that fact, my female Honduran managuense has knocked down dividers and killed 3 males bigger than her so now I am looking for yet another male.