I've got a male Parachromis friedrichsthalii (freddy) and a female Parachromis loiselli (loiselli) that have been breeding regularly for the last few months. The first time they bred was easy to remember because I started a thread on Christmas Day 2007. Christmas Eve 2007 was a full moon.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=111213
It's been happening every month since then on a full moon or a day before or a day after. They're preparing to breed again. Sunday is a full moon. Full Moon Spawns Spawning?
So, my questions are-
Is the full moon responsible for their spawning schedule? Or is it that the first time they bred just happened to be a full moon totally by accident and it keeps happening because they breed every four weeks?
What say you? Who has kept a calandar of their breeding schedule?
You can check out this moon phase calander to see if your breedings have coincided with full moons or near them.
http://www.tutiempo.net/en/moon/phases.htm
Check out the link if you know when your fishes breed and let me know what you come up with. Thanks in advance for any and all help and/or suggestions. And thanks for this great forum.
Special Bonus, here's a shot for your trouble...
Captain Awesome and his ol' lady, Lois...
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=111213
It's been happening every month since then on a full moon or a day before or a day after. They're preparing to breed again. Sunday is a full moon. Full Moon Spawns Spawning?
So, my questions are-
Is the full moon responsible for their spawning schedule? Or is it that the first time they bred just happened to be a full moon totally by accident and it keeps happening because they breed every four weeks?
What say you? Who has kept a calandar of their breeding schedule?
You can check out this moon phase calander to see if your breedings have coincided with full moons or near them.
http://www.tutiempo.net/en/moon/phases.htm
Check out the link if you know when your fishes breed and let me know what you come up with. Thanks in advance for any and all help and/or suggestions. And thanks for this great forum.
Special Bonus, here's a shot for your trouble...
Captain Awesome and his ol' lady, Lois...
