Look what I found this morning
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ill leave them in there for awhile. i think they will be good for a few months. i have read that the parents wont eat them unless the female becomes ready to spawn again. i have an extra 20L that i can move them to if i have to.
when they are big enought to sell i will take them to one of the lps here and see what they will give me for them. although i would prefer to give them to people that will care for them properly.
i am not all that worried about making any money off of them yet.
when they are big enought to sell i will take them to one of the lps here and see what they will give me for them. although i would prefer to give them to people that will care for them properly.
i am not all that worried about making any money off of them yet.
when i got in from work last night the female had moved the eggs to the other side of the fake log she laid them in. the male has gotten more aggressive and keeps bucking up on anyone that walks by the tank. i cant see the eggs now and dont know if they have hatched or what is going on. also the male had dug a pit out yesterday morning and now it is filled in. so ill keep and eye on them and post what happens of course.
Mudfrog;1152568; said:Keep us updated and send some down to a fellow virginian if you decide to ship these
will do, if i decide to ship i will more than likely give all of these away. i will take 4-5 to the lfs to trade for some food of course. but the rest will be give aways
oscarlover11;1152612; said:
good question.
i had the female for over a year. i bought 2 smaller dovii and once i could tell witch one was a male i removed the other. 10 days later they had spawned. I did start feeding the female live crickets that i have been catching in my garage. live food can trigger their natural instincts, one happens to be to "reproduce". I did not expect this to happen so soon with them since the male is so young. they are in a 75gallon tank and the only other fish in there now is a small pleco. I am upgrading this tank next spring but they are fine in the 75 for now since they arent that big.
ok at this point i am almost positive that the dovii have moved thier fry to another part of the tank. they are both being extremely aggressive and i have noticed the male spitting out food over the pit that he filled in last night.
as for the cons that also breed a day after the dovii did...... they have either eaten the eggs or moved them also because i cant see any eggs or fry. but the small female is very very protective of that side of the tank still witch makes me believe that she had buried the wigglers.
will post more updates tomorrow....got my own spawn to tend to ...lol
as for the cons that also breed a day after the dovii did...... they have either eaten the eggs or moved them also because i cant see any eggs or fry. but the small female is very very protective of that side of the tank still witch makes me believe that she had buried the wigglers.
will post more updates tomorrow....got my own spawn to tend to ...lol
