Male flowerhorn agressive during breeding...

[calichai]

Hello mk'ers,

Needed a little help with breeding. I been trying to breed my flowerhorn, but the male gets too agressive and beats the females up pretty bad.

I had him with a parrotfish. They spawned a few times, then eventually he damaged her near her tail. All spawns infertile.

I picked up a super lowgrade female RD. She bred with him, but later that day he turned on her and by the time i came home she was scaled from gill to tail on one side. Eggs removed, a few hatched. Yay fertile.

I came across a beutiful female that would be worth trying. First week in tank she was scared of him thru divider. She warmed up to him eventually, her tube dropped down some and I put them together. 20mins later I had to seperate them. She was running and hurting herself. Time went by, tried the hole in divider. Fail. She got stuck on his side and beaten.

A few weeks pass and now shes facing him thru divider and flaring. I don't want her getting killed but I would really like them to breed. What do I do?

Any suggestions appreciated.

3-30-2010

2-11-2010

Sidenote: Female RD healed. Wound left her black on one side. All babies culled.

Also note the wounds on the rear part of the parrotfish.

 

[nooklid]

You should try using a few dithers, this will let your take some agression out on something besides your female. By the way nice male and female were did you get them at i love faders?

 

[calichai]

I tried some dithers. XXXL giant danios( 7 pieces). In around a hour he killed 3, the others I removed and returned. Purchased the male at lfs and female off flowerhorn crazy.

 

[BigShot]

Hello mk'ers,

Needed a little help with breeding. I been trying to breed my flowerhorn, but the male gets too agressive and beats the females up pretty bad.

I had him with a parrotfish. They spawned a few times, then eventually he damaged her near her tail. All spawns infertile.

I picked up a super lowgrade female RD. She bred with him, but later that day he turned on her and by the time i came home she was scaled from gill to tail on one side. Eggs removed, a few hatched. Yay fertile.

I came across a beutiful female that would be worth trying. First week in tank she was scared of him thru divider. She warmed up to him eventually, her tube dropped down some and I put them together. 20mins later I had to seperate them. She was running and hurting herself. Time went by, tried the hole in divider. Fail. She got stuck on his side and beaten.

A few weeks pass and now shes facing him thru divider and flaring. I don't want her getting killed but I would really like them to breed. What do I do?

Any suggestions appreciated.

3-30-2010

2-11-2010

Sidenote: Female RD healed. Wound left her black on one side. All babies culled.

Also note the wounds on the rear part of the parrotfish.

I'll tell you what to do, give him to me
But on the real some males are like that you may need to get a meanner female or larger female then him, cause he is awesome FH and so is that RD, but I have a friend who has a nice large female JingKang FH that would pair nicely with him!! I'll try to shoot you pics of her!!