Nicaragua Cichlids

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dcuff

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I have a pair of Nics in a 30 gallon tank (I know it's too small) but I have raised them from very small.
They are two years old and the female shows color and the male has a lump on his forehead.

The male keeps beating up the female and they have yet to breed. I started with two females and a male but the other female was killed by my current female.

My question(s): How to get them to breed...or at least how do I get the male to chill out?
I have tried putting a African Zebra in with them but the Zebra almost killed the female....But the male will finish her off if I don't do something soon....
 
dcuff said:
I have a pair of Nics in a 30 gallon tank (I know it's too small) but I have raised them from very small.
They are two years old and the female shows color and the male has a lump on his forehead.

The male keeps beating up the female and they have yet to breed. I started with two females and a male but the other female was killed by my current female.

My question(s): How to get them to breed...or at least how do I get the male to chill out?
I have tried putting a African Zebra in with them but the Zebra almost killed the female....But the male will finish her off if I don't do something soon....
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Only way is to get a bigger tank sorry to say. In a 30 gallon there is No way to breed them without the male eventually killing the female. No room for her to run and no room for target fish

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30 gallon is small yes, mine managed to breed in a 40. I had a group of them which I raised as tiny fingerling. Withing 8 months they bred. I had lots of pots for them to hide and did regular water changes.
 
You can use a piece of egg crate (light diffuser) to divide the tank one on each side, and if the male is larger, cut a hole snall enough for the female to cross back and forth, but keeps the male separate.


some times a pair will actually spawn thru the divider, with each on opposite side.

 
Thanks for the help! I had a feeling the tank was going to be too small!
I guess I should find a new owner for my Nics....
Tried the fish store for store credit but no one wants them....

I might try the egg crate but would be nice if someone made a clear one that didn't look so white.
Thanks again!
 
dcuff said:
Thanks for the help! I had a feeling the tank was going to be too small!
I guess I should find a new owner for my Nics....
Tried the fish store for store credit but no one wants them....

I might try the egg crate but would be nice if someone made a clear one that didn't look so white.
Thanks again!
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Got a few nics, trying to get a good spawn. May have to look for a new male as the eggs don't seem too be fertilized after a couple batches. Any chance you live in sothern cali?

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Installed this just in time! The female last laying on her side and totally despondent when I walked in the with egg crate from Lowes....
Installed it and did a water change and about an hour later she started to fight the male through the crate.
Nics and divider.jpg

Nics and divider.jpg
 
Yes I do...I live in the San Fernando Valley. How about you?
The pic above with the new divider are the Nics. What did you have in mind?
 
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