Keeping a Group of Males ?

[Miles]

I understand that if your male/female ratio isn't appropriate that often times the males will fight with each other, or be aggressive to the male causing fin damage from biting ...

Heres my question;

If you keep a group of ALL males together, will that suppress aggression? Will they fight amongst themselves with no females present?


The scenario would be a breeding operation in which the male to female ratio is nearly 1:1 and the breeding (hybridization ) needs to be under strategically controlled conditions.

I was curious if keeping all the males together was an option? Then when I wanted to choose the 'stud' to knock up a few females, I could more specifically pick and choose to produce the results I want..

 

[csx4236]

We keep all mature males in one pond to rest females, 2-3 leo, 1 pearl and 2 henlei males and they will fight at first and will calm after week or so to minimal fighthing. When these males are in the tanks with females of there species they fight all the time.

 

[Miles]

Okay that is kind of what I was thinking.. I really want to try to produce some dwarfy brown hybrid rays (Motoro, Mantilla, Histrix, Reticulata mixture) but It looks like I might have a good amount of males when all is said and done and I was curious if I could keep them in a 'waiting' tank like you do to rest the females or selectively choose my studs..

I hope the Tigon/Liger theory works with rays..

 

[nickdog98]

miles don't forget to mix in a dash of scobina to complete he recipe!

 

[Miles]

miles don't forget to mix in a dash of scobina to complete he recipe!

yeah I wish let me find one first

Might as well serve it up with a side of P14..

can I get my lotto ticket to go?

 

[nickdog98]

Can give you a male or female take your pick..cheapest would be a male hystrix, 5 males this batch. Best of luck!

 

[FishDog]

All males together! Hope one doesn't drop the soap lol!

 

[Miles]

Can give you a male or female take your pick..cheapest would be a male hystrix, 5 males this batch. Best of luck!

I'll keep you in mind when that lotto ticket comes through

if you have any good deals on extra males, let me know.. I might just start a homo-ray farm.

 

[Nic]

wonder how big those motoro by hystrix hybrids BDR bred will get... miles i need a new liger i sold mine can you help me out...

 

[amazongirl]

Miles- I have found that all male groups usually work out fine. I do have one male leopoldi that I have never been able to keep with another male because he will attempt to kill it- even if it's 3x's his size! Other than that is has always worked out fine (but the bachelor tank we usually use is 15,000 gallons so that could be part of the reason for our success...).