Easier to keep and breed Orinos or Azul?

[domresvanis]

Gday everybody.I have breed Monos in the past and now it looks that my Kelberis are getting ready to breed.
I am looking to get another trio to breed and i am between Orinos or Azul .Tank will be about 250x60x60 cm.
Any ideas?What is easier to breed?

 

[hms01]

i would say orinos are harder to breed solely based on the fact that i hardly see, if fact have never seen anyone post that they have done it. on the other hand my azuls have breed 4 times and i had nothing to do with it.

 

[domresvanis]

Thank you mate.I imagine another reason is that Orinos is harder to get than Azuls?
What size and how old your Azuls start to breed for you?

 

[hms01]

Azuls were like 11inches, yeap i do suppose orinos are pretty hard to get in some parts.

 

[Danh]

Orinos have been bred plenty in captivity. I've seen orinos bred more than piq myself.

 

[Bennlfer]

I didn't realize cichla would breed in a tank only about 240 gallons

 

[Piotrek]

Tank is to small for orino.
Kelberi or piq be better choise.

 

[Dis]

Search the threads here. Seen some old threads from Dieselmack who bred his orinos....if memory serves me right

 

[domresvanis]

Thanks everybody for the replies and the help.will make more search about Orinos.
In the past i ve breed Monos in a 160 gallons tank.Saying that i think 160 gallons tank
is the smallest size that you can keep a trio of monos.When time was to start breed i
had to move the second female to another tank.

 

[Danh]

160g is the smallest you can keep a trio of monos? The volume of the tank isn't nearly as important as the dimensions. They can be kept in a 4x2x2 120g. As long as you've got it set up well, it will be fine.

I think Scott bred his orinos in a 150 5x2x2 or smaller.