P. taeniatus question

**Jitticus** · 29th Apr 2009, 01:00

Hi there fellow friends, I have another question regarding cichlids and hope someone here could help.

I have actually asked a friend about the spawning of P.taeniatus "moliwe" and was told that my softwater setup is wrong.

The female has been doing the thingamajig at the male for weeks now, with no interest show.

My question is, has anyone managed to spawn taeniatus in a softwater setup (ADA, peat, catappa, etc)? And if yes, were there any difficulties encountered?

Hope to get some information here.

**SCOPE** · 29th Apr 2009, 13:49

in my opinion, P. Taeniatus species do not have very strict water parameter issues. Slightly acidic, neutral water can they be easily bred.

However, they are very "bonded" creatures....secret to their breeding - develop nature bond pair - should means allowing them to develop bond pair naturally. In this way, they will breed in no time.

i had bred Moliwe, Nigeria red, nyete, nange & Kienke variant before, and the same rule apply

**Jitticus** · 29th Apr 2009, 15:09

so that means I need a few pairs?

**SCOPE** · 29th Apr 2009, 15:24

Originally Posted by Jitticus

so that means I need a few pairs?

Truly correct!
i usually start off with 4-5pcs - 2M3F etc

**Jitticus** · 29th Apr 2009, 16:06

Sigh, this can only be bad. Anyone has juveniles to release?

**Mez** · 30th Apr 2009, 10:14

I wouldnt really say that you definatly need to swap pairs. A few weeks is nothing. Keep persisting and it should pay off, they arent hard to spawn according to people i know who have kept them. Slightly acidic to neutral water should be best suited.
James

**nicktc** · 1st May 2009, 10:16

My previous pair of Klugei spawn once in a 2ft tank setup. Ph then was around 5. Just a pair of taeniatus but they had competition from another pair of apistogrammer.

If you are not able to get more taeniatus, maybe you could trying adding one or 2 male apistogramma.