Finally this has occurred for me. Grew this fish out from about 3/4" now they vary from 3"-5"+. My biggest nicest male is spawning with my biggest nicest female! My excitement is short lived though, now when I move them to a breeder they may not spawn again for months with my luck. Oh well...Anybody have any transition pointers?
Red head Tapajos Spawning
- Thread starter cyberhog05
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I think I will leave them for a few spawns. Let them get the hang of it. Then have a nice tank ready for them to do work.
gday,
have bred a few of these before and found that they can be quite agro towards each other (mainly male at the female) and i have heard that they can kill there partner. with this in mind, i have always bred them in a colony, with pairs splitting off from the group to spawn. when a pair has a spawn, instead of the male attacking the female, they both take there aggression out on the other orange heads. the only problem is catching them and milking the fry out, if your not careful they will eat the eggs/fry if stressed out to much.
cheers
have bred a few of these before and found that they can be quite agro towards each other (mainly male at the female) and i have heard that they can kill there partner. with this in mind, i have always bred them in a colony, with pairs splitting off from the group to spawn. when a pair has a spawn, instead of the male attacking the female, they both take there aggression out on the other orange heads. the only problem is catching them and milking the fry out, if your not careful they will eat the eggs/fry if stressed out to much.
cheers