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I have a pair in a 15 gal tank by themselves and I
can't seem to find the trigger that will get them to spawn.
They both at times look like there is some interest
as the male on occasion will flare the fins and go through some body
posturing. The female will mirror the displays every now and then.
The female is enormous; it looks like she is going
to burst. Her coloration is the drab brown with hints of yellow above and
below the horizontal stripe running down her body. I've never seen the
intense yellow coloration the female is supposed to take on during
breeding.
A couple of weeks ago there was a similar
discussion so I checked my water parameters and found my pH a little low, 5.3,
temp 78F and my TDS meter was reading about 150. I undertook some water
changes and last week I brought the TDS reading down to 97 and the pH was
5.6. Last night I did a massive water change and the reading on the TDS
meter is 55 (the reading had crept up to 117), pH is 5.75 and temp is 78F.
Other than bringing up the pH to 6.2 or so, what
else can I do to get them to spawn? The only thing I can think of is
adding some dithers. The only fish I presently have that I feel
comfortable adding from a "cleanliness" standpoint is some Nannostomus
beckfordi, and I'd rather not use them unless absolutely necessary as it looks
like they are close to spawning themselves. I don't like the idea of
adding some fish I just bought from the LFS to my pair.
Any other suggestions.
Thanks as always for the great
information.
Dave
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