Frank Castle
would be a much better person to ask. I just know the basics of fish keeping lol no real experience with breeding pair of Jags. I'd imagine you would want to grow them both on separately for a while and monitor their behavior. Once the male gets large enough you could cut a hole in the divider that only the female can fit through to escape.Depends if there a compatible pair, just because you have a male and female doesn't mean they will breed. Normally it's best to get a large group of juvis and let a pair form naturaly.
I've noticed when i have a pair of anything that when kept in a community i have better luck getting a pair to bond as they seem to recognize their own species as allies and it goes from there. None of my pairs ever fought and i have never used dividers, but i did raise them up together......mostly.
by "Community" i mean aggressive cichlid community......multiple cichlids kept in a larger tank w/ a pair-to-be will dilute aggression between the same species if they are opposite sex, or sometimes in the case of my FMs or Convicts, the SAME SEX. For example, my 125g, my 75g's, my 55g's, etc all have MULTIPLE species of cichlids and i try to make sure i always have 2 of everything (which isn't always the case)
oops, my mistake, the harem of 1; 3 Jack Dempseys is not actively breeding yet, but they all favor each other above anyone else. While the Texas are a pair, they don't seem too promising yet. They both seem to do their own thing, BUT will stick together ONLY when there is aggression circulating
by "Community" i mean aggressive cichlid community......multiple cichlids kept in a larger tank w/ a pair-to-be will dilute aggression between the same species if they are opposite sex, or sometimes in the case of my FMs or Convicts, the SAME SEX. For example, my 125g, my 75g's, my 55g's, etc all have MULTIPLE species of cichlids and i try to make sure i always have 2 of everything (which isn't always the case)
2 female Convicts ALWAYS band together for safety in the 55g growout
same 55g growout, 2 male Firemouth, otherwise mortal enemies, fight a little, but team together when the other fish dominate either
Finally, the 125g community - clearly only 2 fish have formed a bond - can you guess which ones?
they look like they could be a pair....mine took almost a year to take a liking to each other. I got them at 2" last X-mas and the male is now 9" and the female about 7-7.5"
