Reintroducing my Dovii..

[Mudfrog]

So after my 7" Female Dovii laid her eggs and the 5" Male did his job she really put a hurting on him. I put a divider in the tank to separate them. Well the eggs were eaten so I wanted to try for another spawning. I removed the divider one morning and by that evening he was looking really rough again so they are once again separated. Up until the spawning I have not had a single issue with aggression between the two of them. How long should I wait before I remove the divider again?

 

[---XR---]

So after my 7" Female Dovii laid her eggs and the 5" Male did his job she really put a hurting on him. I put a divider in the tank to separate them. Well the eggs were eaten so I wanted to try for another spawning. I removed the divider one morning and by that evening he was looking really rough again so they are once again separated. Up until the spawning I have not had a single issue with aggression between the two of them. How long should I wait before I remove the divider again?

IME- when parachromis are ready to breed with eachother, you won't have to remove the divider, they will remove it on their own- i kid you not my male jaguar completely knocked down a sturdy divider to get to his girl.

after a few spawning aggresion should complelely fade away. by this time they are done "testing" eachothers strength for breeding. but until than you'll have to accept a bit of scuffles. i wouldn't put the divider in unless one is seriously injured. remove it when you think both are in top physical shape.

 

[Mudfrog]

Yea the male was beat up bad, he would hover at the top edge of the tank and she'd slam him at full speed, quite a few chunks were out of his side. It was comparable with my spawning cons when the female killed the male.