URGENT! female showing interest in Smaller Male. Move Alpha?

denoc · Post by **denoc** » Thu May 25, 2006 5:24 am

Hello all
i have a gravid Female showing interest in Smaller Male. They spent over 24 hours in cave.. Small male didnt trap her. she desperatly tried for 24 to get by him, however the Alpha male has now removed smaller males from his cave . Female seems not interested in him and has rejoined the group . Should I reMove The Alpha? so the smaller male can take up his cave again? as she is showing interestin other male?? All the fish are at least 3- 4 years old.
none of them have bred before?

thanks

inia · Post by **inia** » Thu May 25, 2006 8:18 am

I would remove the alpha and see what happens.

CDNAqua · Post by **CDNAqua** » Wed May 31, 2006 10:12 pm

I would remove Alpha as well

Post by **Barbie** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 12:27 am

If you remove him you may have a shift in dominance hierarchy that can actually slow things down, but if they've been together for more than a few months without a spawn it might work out alright in the end.

Barbie