Author Topic: breeding pair against each other?!!? REPLY ASAP  (Read 1095 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline ConVicT-ed

  • Convict
  • **
  • Posts: 227
  • Fishy Rating 2
  • I love World Cichlids
breeding pair against each other?!!? REPLY ASAP
« on: January 31, 2005, 08:21:53 PM »
my cons recently bred and i have a bunch of fries swimming all over the place, everything was fine. all of a suddent my fish tank light went out and its all dark and the next thing u know wen i replace it they cons are fighting. the female seems to be protecting the fry from the male and the male objective seems to tryin to get into the clay pot where the fry is. they have beenn lip locking alot and the female mouth is injured but i have put melafix in.

Offline fnesr

  • beer-a-cuda
  • Administrator
  • Dovii
  • ******
  • Posts: 4287
  • Fishy Rating 236
  • Gender: Male
  • Queensland Australia
    • Recichlidus Forums
Re: breeding pair against each other?!!? REPLY ASAP
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2005, 08:50:48 PM »
the male likely wishes to breed again. have a read of this thread it might help a bit...

http://www.worldcichlids.com/yabbse/index.php/topic,8085.0.html



Offline Dan

  • Senior Member
  • World Cichlid God
  • *****
  • Posts: 5126
  • Fishy Rating 191
  • Gender: Male
  • Love my Philly sport teams!!!
Re: breeding pair against each other?!!? REPLY ASAP
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2005, 02:56:02 PM »
Do you have a spare tank?   I'd seperate them now, for the time being.  Take the male out for now.
<a href="http://www.aquarank.com/in.php?id=worldcic" target="0">
Vote for us" width="88" height="31" border="0[/url]


150 Gallon:
1 EBlue   JD  Female  6 in
1 Chocolate Cich.  Female 6 in
1 Uaru Cich   Male 5 in
1 Rokteil Red-head Sev  Female 5 in
1 Striped Raphael Cat  6 in.
4 Clown Loaches  6 in.
4 Blue Botia Loaches 5 in
1 Queen Gold Zebra Botia 4 in
1 Albino Gibby Pleco 7 in

90- Gallon 

4-Wild Silver Manacu Angels 4-5 in
2- Silver Pearlscales Angels 5 in
1 Red spot Peru Altum Angel  3 in
1- Elephant Nose fish  4 in
1- Blue Phantom Pleco  5 in.
1 Spotted Raphael Cat 3 in
1- Jaguar Cat   4 in.
5- Golden Dojo Loaches  4 in.
1 -Flagtail Porthole Cat  3 1/2in

30 Gallon:
1 Regular Dwarf Gourami  2 in
1 Powder Blue Dwarf Gourami 2 in
1 Flame Dwarf Gourami 1 1/2 in
1- Neon Blue Dwarf Gourami 2 in
1 Stripped Raphael Cat 2 in
1 Spotted Raphael Cat 3 in
1- Jaguar Cat 4 in
2- Golden Dojo Loaches 3 in
1 Flag tail Porthole Cat

Tiger_Oscar

  • Guest
Re: breeding pair against each other?!!? REPLY ASAP
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2005, 11:22:40 AM »
I agree with MrRunnerup...i would take the male out for a little while.

Offline fnesr

  • beer-a-cuda
  • Administrator
  • Dovii
  • ******
  • Posts: 4287
  • Fishy Rating 236
  • Gender: Male
  • Queensland Australia
    • Recichlidus Forums
Re: breeding pair against each other?!!? REPLY ASAP
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2005, 04:31:45 PM »
I agree with MrRunnerup...i would take the male out for a little while.

it may be abit late for that, this question was asked in january.



Tiger_Oscar

  • Guest
Re: breeding pair against each other?!!? REPLY ASAP
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2005, 01:18:21 PM »
ok