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| Posted | Breeding malawi's on comm set up |
| 02-08-2006 09:36 by Malawimad |
Hi guys..How it easy (should it be) to breed malawi's in a comm set up, I have over 20 fish in my set up, I have 3 Pseudtrophius Flavus, 2 of which are female and the other being male, They are about 2" in size, but for some reason not had any fry yet..also have pseudtrohius acei (yellow fin) 1 male and 1 female,they wont breed either... when i buy my fish i alwasy buy 2 of the same kind and ask lfs to try and get me a male and female.
Where am i going wrong? and what can i do to kick them off!! |
| 02-08-2006 10:05 by KOBISKYE |
whats your temperature at? sometimes having more than two male of the same kind i find stops them |
| 02-08-2006 10:16 by Malawimad |
My temp is 82, But thats just room temp, My thermostat hasn't been on for weeks! |
| 02-08-2006 10:21 by KOBISKYE |
i found when i raised the temp, from 78 to 82 thats when i started getting results |
| 02-08-2006 10:29 by Malawimad |
See my temp is at 82 now, I have a very warm home as its made from double brick thick old yorkshire stone, I have 3 terrocota pots in the tank laid on there side so this fish could use these to breed, But still no joy! |
| 02-08-2006 10:43 by KOBISKYE |
you sure u have females |
| 02-08-2006 10:50 by Malawimad |
Think so mate, Flavus are def 2 female and 1 male!!!
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| 02-08-2006 11:20 by KOBISKYE |
2 males might be the problem |
| 02-08-2006 11:22 by jonie |
probably because there is 20fish in the tank or they have bred but in the rocks and are bringing them up on chewed up food and at night |
| 02-08-2006 11:29 by PaddyD |
Do you mean a malawi community set up? With 20 mbuna in it?
Assuming your conditions are ok and your malawis are healthy they should breed fairly easily. A few tips. Your fish may be too young, they should breed at 2" but might wait until bigger. You may find you need more females when they start to breed, as the males can be hard on the females (the fact that your are ok in pairs and you have no aggression, leads me to think they may be immature) The right set up: Malwis do best in a rocky set up. They do not need caves like flowerpot for spawning, just for cover. They will dig a small pit or find a flat surface to spwn on - the female will lay her eggs, the male will fertilise them and the female will pick them up in her mouth. Also it is worth checking your pH - it should be over 7.5 for successful spawning. Accii are diferent to most mbuna as the willl form large shoals - for this species more might help them to settle in, but pairs normally breed. But Flavus should be fine as a threesome Finally, try some frozen and live food to bring them into condition. |
| 02-08-2006 12:45 by Lexter |
Hi Malawi
PaddyD has sumed it up pretty good. I dont have much experience with Malawi. good luck |
| 02-08-2006 15:51 by zzrpassion |
i keep loads of malawis arount 60 and find that the tempreture has a fair bit to do with it but ph has loads . try doing a water change every day about one bucket a day and this normally works. i also find changing the water with cold water has a good response. good luck
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| 02-08-2006 15:56 by Malawimad |
Cheers ZZ!
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| 02-08-2006 18:26 by seawolf |
my temps at 81 and have no problem with them breeding |
| 02-08-2006 22:39 by Caz |
My malawis are always at it in my community tank.
All our heaters have been switched off now for weeks and the temperature hasn't stopped or slowed them down. If you want to feed them up and condition them for breeding then throw in some clean and chopped up earth worms - makes 'em randy as hell and brings out the colours nicely.  |
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