How can I encourage breeding?
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She'll be able to hide, and the male will only chase her. You could just seperate them if you don't want any aggression at all..
add a dither fish so she wont get all the harrasing get like a silver dollar and do as Dreads say add hiding places this should help alot!!!
I added the 3 blood parrots from my 30 to my 55 with the pai
see if any of them pair up and they seem to work well as dither fish...
see if any of them pair up and they seem to work well as dither fish...
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I would suggest lowering the temperature in your tank, just in general. That might curb the aggression on him a bit too. There's no need to keep the tank at 84 degrees, they will breed anywhere in the mid 70's and up.
You did a large water change, but what were your parameters? What triggers breeding a lot of the time is a sudden rise in water quality. If your water quality was already perfect and you did a water change it's not going to have much of an effect.
Give them another week at least, then do another large water change.
I think part of what's happening here is you're expecting them to just get together and breed. That's not always the case, even with normally easy to breed cichlids. When you move them it can take months for them to get reaquainted and spawn.
Another thing is that you may be messing with the tank too much. Leave the divider in just for safety. Leave them alone for a couple of weeks (other than feeding), do a water change and see what happens.
I would suggest lowering the temperature in your tank, just in general. That might curb the aggression on him a bit too. There's no need to keep the tank at 84 degrees, they will breed anywhere in the mid 70's and up.
You did a large water change, but what were your parameters? What triggers breeding a lot of the time is a sudden rise in water quality. If your water quality was already perfect and you did a water change it's not going to have much of an effect.
Give them another week at least, then do another large water change.
I think part of what's happening here is you're expecting them to just get together and breed. That's not always the case, even with normally easy to breed cichlids. When you move them it can take months for them to get reaquainted and spawn.
Another thing is that you may be messing with the tank too much. Leave the divider in just for safety. Leave them alone for a couple of weeks (other than feeding), do a water change and see what happens.
Well.. I got the eggcrate to try to make the divider...
because the old one.. the male jumps over or digs under the bootleg divider bought from store
I dont even see the tube of the female ...
my parameters a almost perfect ( just a little ammonia but thats normale with no nitrate or nitrite)
because the old one.. the male jumps over or digs under the bootleg divider bought from store
I dont even see the tube of the female ...
my parameters a almost perfect ( just a little ammonia but thats normale with no nitrate or nitrite)
I don't think that's right at all...
You should have NO Ammonia at all. None. And you should have 0 Nitrites but some Nitrates. You'd have to be doing several 100% water changes daily to have constant 0 nitrates. I do 2 50% W/c's everyday on one of my tanks and I still have about 4 nirate.
You should have NO Ammonia at all. None. And you should have 0 Nitrites but some Nitrates. You'd have to be doing several 100% water changes daily to have constant 0 nitrates. I do 2 50% W/c's everyday on one of my tanks and I still have about 4 nirate.
