Re: how to breed pelvachromis pulcher

[Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>]

K & D Martin wrote:

> mine are now breeding all the time.  But they just lost the majority of a
> spawn, yesterday, to one of the ohter tankmates.  What do you all think got
> them??  I have one mollie, 3 biotodoma cupido, 4 m. altispinosas, 3 clown
> loaches, one large pleco, 4 austr. rainbows, 1 lemon tetra (my biggest
> suspect at the moment) and 3 diamond tetras (anothr good suspect), and 4
> other grown kribs, and 5 3 mo. old kribs from their last spawn.

Kym,

Any or all could be the culprit. Any fish that can get another fish in its mouth,
will!

> I'm so disappointed they lost most of their spawn, they were
> about 2 weeks old and very active, and their were about 100 of them.  I'd
> move them to their own tank but i don't think i have a rat's chance of
> catching them-too many nooks, rocks, and the 75 gallon is deep, i can't
> reach the bottom.

Make it simple, move the adults to a breeding tank.

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