Re: Breeding T. candidi

[Fredrik.Ljungberg@saab.se]

Jay Cohen wrote:
> 
>    If they mate again, I would like to watch them raise the fry, but I'd
> also be willing to remove the fry if chances are she would eat them
> again. Any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Jay

I bred mine in conditions similar to David Sanchez 
description. I have, however, heard of people breeding 
them in more normal water so pH<5 and very soft water 
isn't always required, sort of reminiscent to A. gibbiceps, 
which seems to come in two breeding-flavours as well.

As David said, they are excellent parents. I always let 
them tend the fry (or used to since I don't keep them 
anymore) and it usually ended with the male guarding 
the old fry while the female had a new clutch. I never
observed them eating the offspring unless conditions
were less than perfect, which in my case was pH>5.


Good luck
Fredrik L.


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