Is their tank outside? Run a drip line to the tank if it is and just let it overflow.
Gymnogeophagus Terrapurpura Growout!
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You should get a pair. If you don’t for some reason, which is a possibility I suppose, I can send you a pair of a trio of last years growouts that I still have on hand. Feed a couple times a day all they’ll eat basically and change a little water every day or every other day instead of once a week and they’ll start courting soon. What’s your water temp? I don’t think mine spawn until it stays up above 74 or so.
Tap water is treated with 4ppm chloramine. So that chloramine won't go away in a day or 2 unless he feeds that tap water into a container that is treated with water conditioner.
Wc today. I filled it up all the way to the top this time. Also found 2 new plants. 1 is Giant Water Snowflake, and the other looks exactly like Vallisneria.
Definitely coloring up and getting more aggressive.
Mine just had their first spawn yesterday.. the female was was in breeding colors for about a week or so guarding some wood in the back of the tank.. both parents now have black throats and have a spawn of what looks like a 100 tiny free swimmers.. wonder how many will survive in the community of 4 other terrapurpura, some bloodfin tetras and peppered cories.. Good luck with yours..??
I also found a dead X. Variatus, could that be spawning behavior? I don’t see anyone paired up…and haven’t yet done water changes less than 1 week apart (away for the past week), however water changes will be every 2-4 days.
They have not paired, but 2 are in bright colors. Everyone is chasing everyone around, and they are digging through the algae in the front of the tank. Is this what I should expect? I’ll post a video.
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