place a male and 3 females together and they will do wonders for ya[]
apisto is one of the easiest to breed beside guppy and platy... jus make sure, u have enuff cover for the frys
place a male and 3 females together and they will do wonders for ya[]
apisto is one of the easiest to breed beside guppy and platy... jus make sure, u have enuff cover for the frys
Do all cichlids breed better in brackish conditions or normal settings? Saw that somewhere on the internet.
softwater.. but i guess there is some species which need brackish water.. need to ask LSZ abt it
Our water are soft enough. Sometimes too soft liao at 0 dkH.[:]
haha
the water so soft it spits out mineral salt regularly and put beside the tank.
i know that certain species can live in brackish and even full salt water conditions. (Eg the Uro.)
But i feel with our tap water, we really dont need to do anything much to get most of the cichlids available in our market to spawn.
just keep them well fed and water clean and have the right combination of male and female and they can work things out themselves.
Curviceps, which are supposed to be softwater fish spawned in my girlfriend's tank too, and it was pretty crowded to begin with. it was just plain tap water.
think if they really want to, nothing can stop them
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You would also be best off adding some blackwater exract.
This sofens the water and somehow induces spawning, it has worked for me..
Mez
Currently keeping many wild betta species and other anabantoids.
Also i forgot to add, i will reccomend lots of live plants and hiding places for the females..
Mez
Currently keeping many wild betta species and other anabantoids.
yeah some nice plants and wood!
i read an article that they actually love an environment where the bottom is littered with fallen leaves and they will just spawn within them..and the leaves will of coz change the water parameter too.
if you have a tank devoted for their breeding (2ft will be nice)..you can set this up and try it out.
doesnt look nice to us but to them it is heaven []
YuP i"m Using my 2ft cube tank to breed my apisto, foreground E.ten, mid-grd, E.maior,cord, back,E.hormaii. And a peice of wood wif java fern.
Centre rocks combined to form a cave. inside the cave java moss.
Female have a black stripe on the head area,body yellowish, keep staying in the cave never wanting to come out.
So far i think no eggs nor frys are seen,(maybe i can't see cos too dark)
Cheers!
Benetay
How many breeding pairs do you guys normally put in a breeding tank? Mine is a 2.5 ft tank, courtesy of Jacian. Want to breed rams, but tank seems too big for that pair. I've heard of the wonder of leaf litter in a breeding environment too! But my water turns brown very quickly. Do we have to go to this extreme just to simulate their natural environment, since many of our fishes are tank-bred and not wild caught?
be Patient
and let them sort things out themselves.
keep the tank clean and feed them nice nice []
thats all you need to do
oh ya...it will be good if the cave entrance is sheltered too. have a plant in front of it.
you may not like it coz cannot really see.
but your fish likes it.
it is actually beneficial if you can have some tankmates with them.
you can have some tetras above, and a single small keyhole cichlid with them. somehow with other fish ard, the parent fish bond better and are more motivated.
regarding rams found locally...i always feel that they look so weak when i look at one. esp the fact that i know they are severely inbred..
so if you want to try to breed them, i will think getting them from different sources will be better.And even so, there are only just so many farms in singapore...
so the presence of balloon rams doesnt help...makes me think that those shorter ones are already "tainted".
A small species that is very pretty and breeds well and is robust is the curviceps. They can breed in normal tap water, with other tankmates. Tested and proven
have not tried keyholes before..but i know those in the market now are also badly inbred, and badly stunted. so i dont know if they are breedable ..
Hehehe... I agree most rams look weak, esp those balloon types. Dun really like them. A bit artificial, if you ask me. Mine is the Holland Ram. Super active. Even allow me to hand feed them. Not shy at all. If I put my hand in, they even peck at my fingers. So cute, right?[]
I heard about the inbred thingy too. No problems. Will introduce a new partner for the female everytime. Thanks.
*cough*
you can do what douglas does
show blue films in front of your fish
[:]
I ever breed my rams and they laid and hatch but too bad i didn't do anything about the fry and so there goes it...
Cheers!
Benetay
wahahah where is he ah??? nv see him so long liao...hmm...
Cheers!
Benetay
maybe when one of my pairs breed i make into video and sell.
police come must run
whats wrong man....nothing wht...lolz,if so, u arn't the first. There are many others out there.
Cheers!
Benetay
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was joking abt fish blue film
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