More rocks or wood or both? I have 2 male pasionis that are doing the same. Very strange behavior indeed.
Also do you think increasing group size would help too? I have 5.
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More rocks or wood or both? I have 2 male pasionis that are doing the same. Very strange behavior indeed.
Also do you think increasing group size would help too? I have 5.
I'd say more of both couldn't hurt, but definitely some rocks with flatter surfaces. All of my Thorichthys also seemed to favor any any cave-like structure. Does not necessarily have to be an actual cave, could be a rock with some overhanging driftwood etc.
As for a larger group, what is your current m/f ratio? I started with 10 T. pasiones and ended up with a group of 5 as something slowly killed off the others. Still not sure what it was, but they would slowly just waste away. All the other fish in the tank were completely unaffected. The remaining 5 only left me with a single male, and from that he would entertain 2 different females sporadically. They'd defend an area, go through the motions of head-shaking, cleaning a rock, etc. but never actually spawn. Not sure what exactly the issue was but I just recently sold off the group, hoping it would spark my C. robertsoni to spawn with their "competition" removed. Well, I have 6m/2f C. robertsoni and one definite pair. They guard a spot pretty aggressively, constantly are cleaning and head-shaking, yet again... no eggs. So, I am at a loss. I'm on the verge of placing some clay pot saucers in the tank, under the assumption they simply don't feel as if the many rocks within the tank are adequate enough, yet I've seen cichlids spawn on much stranger/less ideal surfaces.
Thanks for the info! I am going to add some large rocks and wood. Think it would look better too. Funny you should mention “getting rid of the competition”, I was thinking the same w/ removing the meeki. Give them their own tank.
My pasionis ratio is 3m/2f.
Hope you have better luck w/ your robertsoni. Do you have pics of them?
Thanks man! They are starting to color up more and more. I love how they almost always school together. Wish I had some females.
I initially started out with a large group of Thorichthys consisting of 9 T. meeki and 10 T. pasionis. Once they all began to mature it was evident that the meeki were the more robust of the two and were clearly out competing the pasionis so I decided to sell the meeki. The pasionis seemed to be much happier with the meeki gone and that is when I began to see more activity and behavior from them. I then unfortunately lost half of my pasionis, thus kind of putting a damper on the whole Thorichthys theme. I wouldn't move the T. meeki yet, I'd first try giving them more structure and go from there.
I started a thread on my 220gal a couple days ago over in the Natural Style Tanks and Biotope sub forum where I shared some pics, including some of the C. robertsoni.
https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/...ntral-american-biotope-ongoing-thread.713116/
Wow, I've just started a thread asking advice on how to set up a tank very similar to this, could have saved myself and everyone who was kind enough to respond some time and just looked at your thread instead.
This is good stuff, very similar to what I am visualising in my head, will keep checking in for tips and inspiration.
This is good stuff, very similar to what I am visualising in my head, will keep checking in for tips and inspiration.
