Agree, and the females tend to become darker faster as spawning approaches.
Sexing Black belt viejas
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I do 50% water changes every week. It's a bit cloudy now because they keep digging up the substrate. Temp is around 27
Do you do a mix of hot and cold water from the tap? My female bifa got into a serious need to breed when I only add cold water tap water to the tank and let the total tank temperature drop by a few degrees.
I live in sri lanka. So the temp is always tropical. If I have to cool the tank down, I'll have to add cold water from the fridge. I use water from a well.
Give it a go sling in a few 5 ltr bottles worth of cold water and it might just kick her off.
It happens with a lot of fish the drop in temp kicks them onto breeding mode.
There's still nothing going on. The male has coloured up nicely. Still digging. But no eggs
Did you try the cold water thing, what's your pH like that can have an effect on breeding.
It could be there not quite ready yet fingers crossed they will get there eventually though.
