I hope not
If i do i'll have to split up the loving couple. No clue if chocolate form strong or weak bonds between m/fMating behavior of Chocolate Cichild
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If i do i'll have to split up the loving couple. No clue if chocolate form strong or weak bonds between m/fI don't know, but that is what happened with my Cichlasomas particularly, but also with some other cichlids, they seem to get more defensive as they mature. No idea about chocolate cichlids, and in your big tank it might not matter as much, but my Cichlasoma pair ended up dominating the whole tank bottom (200 x 65 cm) and terrorizing the other fish. The first time they bred they caused very little disturbance.I hope not
I have one question - i do i tell which one is ma and which one is pa - and yea the frys are still alive - and the area they are occupying has grown to around 200 gallons. Poor little serpae have been chased from their homes and are now wondering around confused not sure what to do on the bright side (or sad side) i found that one of my orphaned cherry barbs is still alive 4 years later:
Is this the male or female:
(btw my fishes are turning my drift wood into saw dust)
Is this the male or female:
(btw my fishes are turning my drift wood into saw dust)
As far as i can tell both have the same amount of hump. One fish is larger than the other. Remember this pair is very young and a ways from being fully grown so perhaps in another year one will have a hump. Btw while the last time i had em my l. araguaiae males developed large humps but this set they have not despite being older and breeding frequently. The males are more colourful and larger but not much of a hump...
Well the larger one is probably the male…though when my Uarus kept spawning it was the larger one that laid the eggs each time, this made me wonder if they are actually two females, although the smaller one looked and behaved like a male. Oh well time will tell with the chocolates I suppose…..
I'm thinking the larger is the female since that is the one who stays with the fry - the other one always run over to the front when i approach the tank to feed them. I know with a lot of cichild the larger one will be the male but i'm not sure it is always true also in this case both have another 3 to 5 inches to grow.
