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6th spawn in less than 6 months, is this normal
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 8:11 pm
by I_Need_Zebras
Hi all, my alpha male and female are in the process of spawning again, this is the 6th spawn in about 5 1/2 months, surely this is not normal, it seems to be about every 3 weeks I am getting fry.
Can this be dangerous to the adults, can this result in poor quality fry, or am I just being paranoid?
Any advice, also theres still fry in the cave from the last spawn, will these be ok?
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:22 am
by civicr
omg it must be somthing to do with the water up your way lol
whats your parameters?and water change routine ?
id suggest you split them for a wee while for the female to recover and she can feed up and condation again but well done for your sucsess!!!
when you coming down to dundee way drop me in some weee 1s ?
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:49 pm
by Jo's Zebs
Sounds very normal to me nothing to worry about
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 10:29 pm
by smithrc
our pairs spawn every 9-10 weeks
maybe i should feed them more!
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 12:45 am
by Barbie
It's not broken, don't go fixing it 
. The male obviously is one of the ones that will leave the cave to feed and keep himself in condition. Don't worry, they have a natural method of making sure they don't over do it. He won't be in the mood or advertise for her to get in the cave when he needs a break. Take advantage of the good luck while you have it . That sounds like my first spawning run. They've never spawned like that again, but nothing bad came of it at all. Just leave them be 
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Barbie
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 8:24 am
by twinspots_goby
I have a breeding group consisting of 1 male and 3 females. They just hit their 12th spawn since Febuarary this year. Nothing to worry about.
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 8:54 am
by Caesars
Agree with all before. We have 5 spawning pairs in the same tank and 3 in a different tank. They all seem to spawn at different intervals. Our gamma male spawns every 4 weeks religiously (he kicks the fry out and the female is in there in a flash). He's been doing that for a year now and he is in mint condition, so is his female. Other males spawn anything up to once in 4-5 months.
You got a good pair there, that's all that it is!!!