Re: tank bred vs. wild (was inbreeding) spawning

[Martha Clark <cichlidqueen@home.com>]

Sylvia,
 Chocolate gouramis are probably one of the more peaceful species you've
seen swimming around - but, when you're not looking, they are horrible!
They chase and nip relentlessly, and most usually every few weeks one
will succumb, until you have one left who is quite happy to be all alone
for the rest of his long little life! The last time I got four, I opted
for a three-foot tank with tons of cover. Next time, I will see if maybe
a four-foot tank is big enough! 

Martha

Biplane10@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Thanks John, for your tips. I have to say, though, that I was not
> intentionally using the chocolates as dithers. They were compatible tankmates
> at one time. I got the apistos as juveniles, and since tank condition
> requirements were similar, as well as temperament, they wound up housed in
> the same tank. It was quite unintentional that they still wound up in the
> same house while the apistos got to breeding age. I'll make sacrifices for
> the fish, but _not_ chocolate gouramis, (which I felt really bad about), who
> are probably one of the most peaceful fish that I've seen swimming in any of
> my tanks. Unfortunately, I can't get a hold of them anymore either, and now
> have 1, who's not very happy being without any others of his kind.
> 
> Looks like moving the breeding pair to a tank of their own is in order.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Sylvia
> 
> > Oh my god, you used Chocolate Gouramis as dither fish??   I can't get
> >  any of them buggers up here and you're killing yours off to get your
> >  apistos to spawn!!   Just goes to show what we'll do for our fish.
> 
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