Remember: they grow!
Remember: they grow!
My alpha male has had his favourite cave now for 6 months. He's sired three spawns in this cave, all in september and november last year.
Since then he's had a female visiting him several times, which to my dismay turned out to be false alarms every time! The day before yesterday I decided to remove his cave and replace it with a larger one as I noticed he couldn't get in the cave without folding both his pectoral fins - and today, he's guarding eggs!
So remember to replace the cave with a larger one as the male grows, or there won't be enough room for him AND the female, allowing them to do what we want them to do.
I will do the same with popeye the sailor forearms
Since then he's had a female visiting him several times, which to my dismay turned out to be false alarms every time! The day before yesterday I decided to remove his cave and replace it with a larger one as I noticed he couldn't get in the cave without folding both his pectoral fins - and today, he's guarding eggs!
So remember to replace the cave with a larger one as the male grows, or there won't be enough room for him AND the female, allowing them to do what we want them to do.
I will do the same with popeye the sailor forearms
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I used to have my caves at different angles so I has myself covered. Having read through a few articles it would seem the caves should point away from the current...
Here's a quote from the article I found:
One very important point that should be made is that the current should not be aimed directly at the spawning cave. This will cause the male to abandon the cave. I was asked about this recently and decided to experiment with it. It was several weeks before the male would go back to the site
I've read the whole article (and many others from the same site) and although some of the info. would now seem dubious at best the over all article is still pretty much spot on.
Here's a link the whole article:
http://www.plecofanatics.com/forum/inde ... bra_plecos
Perhaps Rob could see whether we could host these here too.
Here's a quote from the article I found:
One very important point that should be made is that the current should not be aimed directly at the spawning cave. This will cause the male to abandon the cave. I was asked about this recently and decided to experiment with it. It was several weeks before the male would go back to the site
I've read the whole article (and many others from the same site) and although some of the info. would now seem dubious at best the over all article is still pretty much spot on.
Here's a link the whole article:
http://www.plecofanatics.com/forum/inde ... bra_plecos
Perhaps Rob could see whether we could host these here too.
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I just read the whole article with yoga like concentration... Captivating stuff!
This article could be written by my twin brother... LOL
"At first, I did not want to write this article because the possibility of losing a large portion of my income. However, I realized that by sharing my information someone else may be able to use it to start raising some of the expensive fish that I would like to have and in the process lower the price."
This may just put an end to all those frequent tank setup questions from newcomers...
I agree with plasctic mac, please can we sticky this?
Kind regards
Bader
This article could be written by my twin brother... LOL
"At first, I did not want to write this article because the possibility of losing a large portion of my income. However, I realized that by sharing my information someone else may be able to use it to start raising some of the expensive fish that I would like to have and in the process lower the price."
This may just put an end to all those frequent tank setup questions from newcomers...
I agree with plasctic mac, please can we sticky this?
Kind regards
Bader
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