Breeding · Strains ·Jan 26, 2021

Breeding and strains: Breeding techniques

Breeding techniques:

Pick pair that you’re wanting to breed. Keep separated, feed 2-3 times a day to condition both(Ideally for smaller Female, that way female can stand up for herself with more immature male.
Once female drops tube, we put female in with male and watch behaviour for 1-2 hours( normally while doing water changes)
If all goes well, we get eggs 24/48hrs
Then we return female to her own tank, move eggs to separate hatching tank. Within 24/36 hrs should see results.

Other breeding methods for difficult pairs:

Divided pair in same tank
Let the female lay once, to get male interested
Then on second lay introduce the pair, lift the divider up so he can access her but do not remove as I found this reduces aggression I think because it keeps a territorial boundary in there
If they are aggressive with initial attempts, keeping them divided until they settle is ideal.
Again watch them together for a couple of hours ideally. Keep the pair well fed, we find higher egg lay %%
Big water changes when female looks close can encourage breeding, we do 2 water changes a week on breeding pairs.

(Generally The difficult females, are the koky ones or kamfa They appear to be the worst with aggression)

Keeping them divided and long pairing is advised, smaller females are ideal if laying, once larger 15cm+ they are highly aggressive.
Generally we rest our males 6-8 weeks, resting them longer gives better fertility rates and keeps the males healthy
Females we can have lay every 2-3 weeks

For super aggressive pairs u can do a complete under divider technique but u have to be a little more hands on.
Put plate half half under the divider and once she lays slip plate through to males side, u don’t get as many fertile but if super desperate and there to aggressive this at least is a option.