onlybigfish;1616680; said:
Fantastic info. !!!!
So you succesfully bred them?
my ponds are mud ponds.
i can add a truck load of riversand if i have to.
How deep should the pond be in avarage?
At what age can you see the difference between males and females?
what are the signs?
Mine nested, but never had any fry show up.
They seemed to nest in about 7-9 feet of water (they had a shallow point of about 4 feet and a max depth of about 20 feet to choose from). They picked an area of silt and river rock.
Males where definitly smaller than the females in the same age group - which was surprising to me. I don't think I'd use that as fact, more just what happend with my group. Males are easiest to pick out as the nest builders. They'll make and protect their nests.
Nests where about 5-8 inches deep and as big as 24" across. For a week or so, the males would just hang out at their nests, hoving above them a few feet. Then, they started to follow the female around the tank. For a while, she just ignored them. But then with time, they started getting her to come towards the nests to (what appeared to be) check them out.
