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number of caves?
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:22 pm
by Zebedee
i have 9 caves in my tank. soon to have 14 zebs in hopefully. should i restrict the number of caves to definate males as i was reading an old article which said: a sure way to slow or stop the breeding process is to have more caves than there are males. is this true?
second to last paragraph:
http://www.discoveraquatics.co.uk/zebra/realities.htm
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:53 pm
by Zebedee
Anyone have any ideas about this please?
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 6:46 pm
by I_Need_Zebras
My tank has 6 caves and 2 adult zebs, saying that they always use the same 2 caves, so could probably take the other 4 out.
I have had 4 spawns so far with no problems about too many caves. This is just my opinion mind you so may not be correct.
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:18 pm
by Zebedee
have you registered as a breeder as i dont remember seeing you're id in the breeder section
Re: number of caves?
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:05 pm
by John
Zebedee wrote:i have 9 caves in my tank. soon to have 14 zebs in hopefully. should i restrict the number of caves to definate males as i was reading an old article which said: a sure way to slow or stop the breeding process is to have more caves than there are males. is this true?
second to last paragraph:
http://www.discoveraquatics.co.uk/zebra/realities.htm
That's a rather old article you're quoting, i think some of the info is really outdated in there.
I would put in at least 1 cave per fish and also some other hiding spots beside the caves.
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:30 pm
by I_Need_Zebras
Zebedee wrote:have you registered as a breeder as i dont remember seeing you're id in the breeder section
Just registered now.
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:00 pm
by Zebedee
so you think i should need 14 caves, over 50% at the moment are being unused that i have already, as some of the smaller fish just like to hide under the slate on the left hand side.
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:27 pm
by I_Need_Zebras
If you have spare caves I would leave it at that, if and when they become occupied then I would add more.
Also the unoccupied caves maybe down to the current, the caves have to be positioned in a certain way for the zebs to move in.
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:30 pm
by Zebedee
have you got any pics of you're setup / fishes you're tank must be overflowing with all the fry
i'm pretty sure my friend had some L260 which he got from a place called fishy business its in eastbourne they may well post to you if you are still looking.