Tyrannochromis breeding problems?

[chugger]

i have acouple of these fish, but my males hate the females and go after them too kill not mate with, i also have a real nasty females who goes after some smaller males with the same ill intent, any ideas would be great

 

[mike dunagan]

tried separating the group to see if you get better result in a pair?

 

[Muske]

Ever tried to seperate w/egg crate? It allows the male and female to become friends before lovers....

 

[Wimmels]

The problem with the Tyranochromis fish is their aggressiveness, if you want to breed with these animals you will need at least a 2,5 meter long tank, 3,5meter + is better.

Another thing you can do is to seperate all the females from the male and at the moment you see that the female is about to spawn, put her in a tank where she can settle in. When she is settled in add the male. When they are done spawning remove the male immediately

 

[chugger]

thanks, ill try some of those, but i don't know how too tell when she is ready too spawn

 

[Wimmels]

You can see that when they get fat bellies, and when the female shows her "egg tube" no cooking clue what the real english word is, bet thats the rough dutch translation

 

[chugger]

hey any new picks of your tyrannochromis?

 

[Wimmels]

Of mine?

I don't know which ones I posted here, but you can have a look at my site, under species. I do have more off course, but if I post every pic I have here it will be a full time job

 

[mike dunagan]

Of mine?

I don't know which ones I posted here, but you can have a look at my site, under species. I do have more off course, but if I post every pic I have here it will be a full time job

We will wait...