Tbh I was suprised at how well they were all cohabitating and pretty much expected it to happen any day, just not while they had fry lol!! That’s why I had the tanks up just in case. Love the divider idea, however as Leroy is the pet in the main room. The wife likes the idea a little less. I’m sure I’ll figure something out.Maybe this is obvious, but
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Above, is the size habitat a male festae (or any largish cichlid) might patrole in its daily routine,
driving away any other male, or unreceptove female away. Including a female he just spawned with, if space seems at a premium.
So when we place a male festae in a 6 or 8 ft tank, while it may seem like a substancial amount of water to a human,
to an adult festae, it is merely a puddle.
So precaucions must be made, to assure safety (especilly for a smaller female) in such a small space.
Many experienced breeders provide incomplete dividers just for this purpose. https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/i97/dstuer/festae/2nd round/.highres/052_zps510addc2.jpg?width=320&height=320&fit=bounds
definitley something I have considered. Need to up my amount of dithers as well. The tank had almost no decoration so I’m soaking some root balls I cut up this last storm to provide hiding too.Very sorry to hear.. It can be challenging, but also extremely rewarding if / when you're able to figure it out.. fortunately, it seems you have enough tanks to move them around until you get a combo that works.. maybe some targets could help.. I've used amatitlania and cryptoheros species w/ some success.. but gotta also keep an eye on them as they'll try to breed with anything.. GL
majen I try to reintroduce them I will do all 4 and let the big female and Leroy pair up naturally again. And remove the smaller ones when they breed.
was thinking about a group of some west Andes geophagine species perhaps? Or maybe some crenicichla To act as a target species.
want to do my best to keep it as South American as possible. Really hard mixing continents.