I just thought I'd let you all in on what's been going on in the big tank over the last month or so. I have three simultaneous spawns with the loisellis, motas, and jags. The motas were the first and their fry have been free swimming now for over two weeks. There are still around 200. This is a pleasant surprise for me. I've been hoping to be able to get some fry to make it all the way without being eaten. Previous spawns have barely managed a week with their numbers being cut in half daily. These mota fry are not dwindling down from predation and are getting bigger.
The jag fry are also free swimming as of yesterday. I'm hoping that they will last longer this time as well. Time will tell. The loiselli eggs are now hatching. I've never had a batch of loiselli eggs result in fry. The female always eats the eggs.
You can check my tank and stock list in my sig line. I still don't have any aggression problems even with something as rediculous as three breeding pairs of Parachromis at the same time in the same tank.
In case you don't know the back story, my original goal was to have large predatory aggressive Americans together successfully. I started several in a 55g. I then upgraded to a 190g and added more fishes. That setup lasted over a year with zero murders. One of my other goals (having kept them together without murders) was to allow breeding. I had two pairs breeding regularly in the 190g with no problems other than the fry being eaten over the course of a week.
Fast forward to now. All these guys have been in the 360g for a couple of months now. My current goal is to have fry survive to adulthood without being eaten. With this current crop of mota fry, I'm very optomistic that this can happen. Beyond this, my future short term goals include the addition of a male dovii and then later down the line a female dovii. My ultimate goal is to have all the Parachromis (males and females of each) living together, spawning and rasing fry successfully all without murders. Given my experiences so far, I think it is definately possible. I just have to find the right dovii specimen to give me the best chance at success.
Thanks for looking and thanks for this great forum. None of what I've accomplished would have been possible were it not for this forum and the awesome members here. Thank you.
The jag fry are also free swimming as of yesterday. I'm hoping that they will last longer this time as well. Time will tell. The loiselli eggs are now hatching. I've never had a batch of loiselli eggs result in fry. The female always eats the eggs.
You can check my tank and stock list in my sig line. I still don't have any aggression problems even with something as rediculous as three breeding pairs of Parachromis at the same time in the same tank.
In case you don't know the back story, my original goal was to have large predatory aggressive Americans together successfully. I started several in a 55g. I then upgraded to a 190g and added more fishes. That setup lasted over a year with zero murders. One of my other goals (having kept them together without murders) was to allow breeding. I had two pairs breeding regularly in the 190g with no problems other than the fry being eaten over the course of a week.
Fast forward to now. All these guys have been in the 360g for a couple of months now. My current goal is to have fry survive to adulthood without being eaten. With this current crop of mota fry, I'm very optomistic that this can happen. Beyond this, my future short term goals include the addition of a male dovii and then later down the line a female dovii. My ultimate goal is to have all the Parachromis (males and females of each) living together, spawning and rasing fry successfully all without murders. Given my experiences so far, I think it is definately possible. I just have to find the right dovii specimen to give me the best chance at success.
Thanks for looking and thanks for this great forum. None of what I've accomplished would have been possible were it not for this forum and the awesome members here. Thank you.
