About a month ago I finally for a pair. Surprisingly, the female is tiny! ( maybe a hair past 3 inches) as to be expected their first brood vanished a couple days after they became wrigglers. ( first time parents, trial and error) I tried to prepare a little better for the second batch. I bought a divider and put it in place after the eggs were laid. (Mom and dad together) I dont currently have a breeding/nursery tank available yet so, I know it's going to be a smaller percentage of Fry making it to the juvenile stage. They got much further this time with their second batch. Would have been free swimming any day. Unfortunately they all vanished as of this morning. I'm just curious in the mean time for the next batch if there is anything I can do differently to have a little better success? I was hoping the divider would have aided a little more with keeping the rest of the population the tank at a distance. Has anyone else had much success with breeding in a community tank? The tank is a 180 gallon. Probably around 7 total Dempseys ranging from 3- 5", couple of Cory's, 1 white saum. With the exception of the breeding pair, havent really had much issue with aggression at all.
