Is their tank outside? Run a drip line to the tank if it is and just let it overflow.
Gymnogeophagus Terrapurpura Growout!
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You should get a pair. If you don’t for some reason, which is a possibility I suppose, I can send you a pair of a trio of last years growouts that I still have on hand. Feed a couple times a day all they’ll eat basically and change a little water every day or every other day instead of once a week and they’ll start courting soon. What’s your water temp? I don’t think mine spawn until it stays up above 74 or so.
Tap water is treated with 4ppm chloramine. So that chloramine won't go away in a day or 2 unless he feeds that tap water into a container that is treated with water conditioner.
My fish from last summer are Defintely courting. Not all of them but the biggest / most well fed of them and those made also be the oldest- which yours are from the first spawn last year so coming up on a year old.
Wc today. I filled it up all the way to the top this time. Also found 2 new plants. 1 is Giant Water Snowflake, and the other looks exactly like Vallisneria.
Mine just had their first spawn yesterday.. the female was was in breeding colors for about a week or so guarding some wood in the back of the tank.. both parents now have black throats and have a spawn of what looks like a 100 tiny free swimmers.. wonder how many will survive in the community of 4 other terrapurpura, some bloodfin tetras and peppered cories.. Good luck with yours..??
I also found a dead X. Variatus, could that be spawning behavior? I don’t see anyone paired up…and haven’t yet done water changes less than 1 week apart (away for the past week), however water changes will be every 2-4 days.
They have not paired, but 2 are in bright colors. Everyone is chasing everyone around, and they are digging through the algae in the front of the tank. Is this what I should expect? I’ll post a video.
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