Re: P. humilis - inducing spawning.

[Steph & Dave <caligula@tig.com.au>]

I am absolutely no expert (only ever kept P pulcher) and Im quite
prepared to be wrong :) - but in most of the previous thread I noticed
the ready assumption that this is a 'monogamous' species, and while some
people had added extra females they hadnt had any luck except often a
very dead female.

Has any one added either an additional pair or an additional male as a
bit of 'competition' for the male ?   You could try it either with a
divider in the tank or two tanks side by side (see but no kill :)  The
other option is along the lines of the other africans and a LARGE colony
of fish.

Steph 



Fredrik.Ljungberg@saab.se wrote:
> 
> Hi all!
> 
> I know there was a thread on this species and it's
> difficulty a while back but I can't find it, so why
> not a re-run.
> 
> I have, since 4 months, a nice pair of wild P. humilis
> that are doing fine in a tank with some lamp-eyes.
> They get along very well for humilis, just an occasional
> male-chasing-the-female-so-she-hides-for-a-while-thing.
> She dances for the male just like the other Pelvicachromis-
> species but I have'nt seen any tendencies from the male
> to want to spawn. Does anyone know of any tricks to get
> them (him) in the mood? I have a feeling that if they
> don't spawn soon the male will become more aggressive
> towards the female and eventually kill her, as humilis
> has done so many times before.
> 
> I keep them in decent water (peat-filtered 50% RO-water)
> so I have hopes that if they spawn the eggs will hatch.
> 
> Any ideas? Should I separate them, put them in a really
> large tank, plants, dithers/targets ?
> 
> Fredrik L.
> 
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