Yeah it sucks to lose juvies like that when you are attempting to pair something up. Even with 5 you could still get lucky.
RC Argentea Breeding Project
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ragin_cajun
can we please have an update on your argentea's? I also have 1 from Rapps 3" and it's very aggressive even at this size. I love the little guy and will be dedicating him to a large species tank. I've wanted to add 4-5 more from Rapps to get a pair, however with this guy establishing alpha from being settled in, I'm assuming it would kill off all the rest periodically. Thank you
Well, the last update is these 5 got moved to my 540 gallon. More space has stopped them killing each other for now. But, they're still small, and there are 2 much larger and older Argentea aready in that tank. So my 540 now has 7 Argentea, 5 at 4 inches, and 2 at 10-12 inches.
Here's a link to the last update on the 540 gallon since I put these Argentea in.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/my-540-pics-mostly-vieja.610038/page-10
I think it boils down to tank size. I don't know why these guys started killing each other. I had 5 Argentea in my 125 couple years back and they all got along somewhat. Lots of fighting, but no deaths.
And, I hear it takes up to 3 years for Argentea to be sexually mature. So they have to live together a LONG time to get a breeding pair. It ain't easy man.
Here's a link to the last update on the 540 gallon since I put these Argentea in.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/my-540-pics-mostly-vieja.610038/page-10
I think it boils down to tank size. I don't know why these guys started killing each other. I had 5 Argentea in my 125 couple years back and they all got along somewhat. Lots of fighting, but no deaths.
And, I hear it takes up to 3 years for Argentea to be sexually mature. So they have to live together a LONG time to get a breeding pair. It ain't easy man.
An update on this.....not much to update 
It's a long slow wait. I have 5 of these living in the 540 still. They are obnoxious. They are violent. They make life in this tank very difficult for all fish in their size range (4-6 inches). Larger fish they ignore completely.
No sign of any breeding behavior at all. No way to tell which are male and which are female.
Here's a video update--same video I linked in the other thread.
It's a long slow wait. I have 5 of these living in the 540 still. They are obnoxious. They are violent. They make life in this tank very difficult for all fish in their size range (4-6 inches). Larger fish they ignore completely. No sign of any breeding behavior at all. No way to tell which are male and which are female.
Here's a video update--same video I linked in the other thread.
An update on this.....not much to update
No sign of any breeding behavior at all. No way to tell which are male and which are female.
Here's a video update--same video I linked in the other thread.
Is that a female barred midas in the tank?
I think it was a great move putting them in the 540, mine always killed each other in 150 to 240gal tanks.
Although I had one pair spawn in a 150, within 24 hours of spawning the female was dead, and eggs gone.
In hind sight, I should have removed the male as soon as the eggs were fertilized.
Although I had one pair spawn in a 150, within 24 hours of spawning the female was dead, and eggs gone.
In hind sight, I should have removed the male as soon as the eggs were fertilized.
Yep. It's a female, I have a bunch of her fry living in my sump. She's a wild caught "Red Barred Midas" from San Francisco Libre Managua. I had a captive bred male Midas that bred with her several times, I got rid of him because I was just tired of all the fry all the time. They bred constantly.
I hear that. If any of these start looking like pairing off, I'm gonna pull em and put em in their own tank with a divider. I have 2 male and 1 female Trimac right now, same thing. First sign of spawning, divider.
Cool lookS like my fish. I recently tried to put a male midas with her. Didn't work out, she didn't like him.
Updated video. Not much has changed--certainly no sign of breeding. I'm down to 4 Juvies and 2 adults in the 540 now. One of the Juvies had a malformed mouth, so I re-homed him.
They're all getting bigger. They get along much better now than they all did when the Juvies first got into this tank. I think they calm down a little bit as they mature, less violent.
They're all getting bigger. They get along much better now than they all did when the Juvies first got into this tank. I think they calm down a little bit as they mature, less violent.
