Good day all,
I got 7 juvi firemouths in a ~70 gal tank with some swordtails. Sadly 2 of the FM died from dropsy im guessing. All of the others are doing fine.
So in those 5 i got i dominant male that claimed territory in the middle of the tank.. this is kind of an issue coz hes chasing the others all over. From those 5 i think i got 2 females. The dominant male seems to be alone while the others have gotten to like each other in pairs. Will the females change thier impression that hes just lonely and not a bully?
I took the dominant FM out for a day and redecorated the wood plants etc. Hoping it would encourage the others to establish their territory. 2 of them are definatly a pair since they work as a team sometimes to chase off others. Since i got the boss back in minutes later he claimed the middle of the tank same location and began to chase the others again.
How do i make them breed? i feed them 3 times a day with variety of food (shrimps, hikari carnivore, small algea pellets) i also tried raising the temp to 82F still nothing. There are caves i made from piling rocks and wood. Ill try to add those clay pots and see.
Any thoughts?
Thanks.
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I got 7 juvi firemouths in a ~70 gal tank with some swordtails. Sadly 2 of the FM died from dropsy im guessing. All of the others are doing fine.
So in those 5 i got i dominant male that claimed territory in the middle of the tank.. this is kind of an issue coz hes chasing the others all over. From those 5 i think i got 2 females. The dominant male seems to be alone while the others have gotten to like each other in pairs. Will the females change thier impression that hes just lonely and not a bully?
I took the dominant FM out for a day and redecorated the wood plants etc. Hoping it would encourage the others to establish their territory. 2 of them are definatly a pair since they work as a team sometimes to chase off others. Since i got the boss back in minutes later he claimed the middle of the tank same location and began to chase the others again.
How do i make them breed? i feed them 3 times a day with variety of food (shrimps, hikari carnivore, small algea pellets) i also tried raising the temp to 82F still nothing. There are caves i made from piling rocks and wood. Ill try to add those clay pots and see.
Any thoughts?
Thanks.
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