----Hey I just wanted to move this thread I started from the breeding to the hybrid section. I'm dying to know whether these to fish will ever produce fry, so please feel free to even throw out a guess if you please.----
Hey I have a few questions if anybody could help me out. I only have two fish in my 220, a female dovii and a male dempsey, and they seem to have paired off and have made several unsuccessful attempts at breeding. The male is about 5 years old and is a full grown 11 in. while the female is about 5-6 in. and about a year old. The male will shake a bit and they will lip lock and bump each other for a while and sure enough within a day or so my driftwood will be covered in eggs. I have noticed the female seems to be taking her job more seriously recently, taking some serious nips out of the males fins and fanning the eggs relentlessly, even skipping eating. Usually after a few days all of the eggs turn color, then turn white and im back to cleaning the tank out. All of these attempts have me wondering if they have any chance of being successful at producing fry. I know the female is new to this so I have just been figuring that it may take her a while to mature for the process to go well, but I have always been curious if these two types of fish can actually breed. I would love to set up my 55 as a grow out and see what a cross of these two would turn into, but I may be getting my hopes up for nothing. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
----Another thing is Ive recently added 40 guppies to the tank in hopes that they may breed too. (Extra food never hurt.) I used to have a pair of cons in there that would breed but they were a little pushy after the fry started swimming. I was hoping that the guppies would be a little more mild mannered. Anyone think they may be able to pull it off despite the danger of my cichlids? Thanks.----
Hey I have a few questions if anybody could help me out. I only have two fish in my 220, a female dovii and a male dempsey, and they seem to have paired off and have made several unsuccessful attempts at breeding. The male is about 5 years old and is a full grown 11 in. while the female is about 5-6 in. and about a year old. The male will shake a bit and they will lip lock and bump each other for a while and sure enough within a day or so my driftwood will be covered in eggs. I have noticed the female seems to be taking her job more seriously recently, taking some serious nips out of the males fins and fanning the eggs relentlessly, even skipping eating. Usually after a few days all of the eggs turn color, then turn white and im back to cleaning the tank out. All of these attempts have me wondering if they have any chance of being successful at producing fry. I know the female is new to this so I have just been figuring that it may take her a while to mature for the process to go well, but I have always been curious if these two types of fish can actually breed. I would love to set up my 55 as a grow out and see what a cross of these two would turn into, but I may be getting my hopes up for nothing. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
----Another thing is Ive recently added 40 guppies to the tank in hopes that they may breed too. (Extra food never hurt.) I used to have a pair of cons in there that would breed but they were a little pushy after the fry started swimming. I was hoping that the guppies would be a little more mild mannered. Anyone think they may be able to pull it off despite the danger of my cichlids? Thanks.----
