Keep them seperate as they will crossbreed
Give them a cave (flower pot or coconut) with only one entrance so they will feel it is a safe place for eggs and fry
Good luck, they are both prolific spawners if the conditions are right
10 or 15 G should be fine if they are on there own. If you have them in with other fish, a long tank is better as they will try to take over as much of the tank as possible
While this may not apply specifically to Pelvicachromis, dwarf cichlids, in general, like a darker substrate and some surface cover such as floating plants. This is according to Dr. Paul Loiselle, and is reflective of the types of habitat many of the dwarf varieties come from.
I had them breeding in neutral pH, semi-planted with dark substrate, driftwood and a few round rocks. The fry like to graze on the algae and what ever else grows on the rocks
2 fish this size in a 10 or 15G is not too high of a bioload so a 20 - 30% change per week should be adequate. My taeniatus seemed to like the water parameters to remain consistent so smaller changes with aged water seemed good. Keeping the parameters consistent for a period of time and then doing a large waterchange with slightly cooler water seemed to trigger mine to spawn
mine love to breed in my cichlid stones, I have them in a semi-well planted tank, driftwood, lots of decor that can serve as cave (kribs love their caves) Black substrate mixed with a little bit of crushed coral because I use Co2 so it keeps my Ph stable! They breed all the time also lol... :roll: fry coming out my ears!!
10 or 15 G should be fine if they are on there own. If you have them in with other fish, a long tank is better as they will try to take over as much of the tank as possible
true! they need room, mine are in a 55gal 4foot, had 2 pairs and even in a 4" tank one female managed to kill a male, they can become really nasty when their eggs or fry disapear
one of the parents eat them, and the other one is pissed off and beat up the fry eater, it is exactly what happen to my poor male, I isolated the pair and their fry with a separator, pretty sure the male ate them and the female killed him after that
Aprox. how long before they breed??? a couple of months???
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