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This is a male (orange) and female purchased -3-4 months ago from a private party. She says they’ve spawned. I’m unable to contact her. I have observed this lip locking upon 3 occasions, linked to other likely mating behavior. It lasts from 15 minutes to an hour. It sometimes appears as though the male is trying to pull her from the plants to the open tank area. They are in a 125 G with 4 much smaller severums. The big fish totally ignore the little ones. Some guy
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is saying to pull the male. This goes against my natural intuition.
 
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UPDATE! This is def mating behavior. The male is digging a sand pit and the female is hovering about. Difficult to see well, as they’re in the plants.

Has Colin T been around? I think he‘s the most knowledgeable one here.
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itiwhetu said:
Let them be, they are just checking each other out pre spawning behavior, they are happy as larry.
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Thank You! Exactly what I want to hear and am doing. gave some thought to using an egg crate barrier, but most of the time they are peaceful and stay side by side in their 6 foot long tank.
 
A lot of central/ South American cichlids liplock and wrestle to find out if the other fish is a worthy partner. If both fish are equal in strength, they usually pair up and breed. If one fish is noticeably weaker, it will be chased from the area and the stronger fish will look for a new partner. It's standard behaviour and nothing to worry about.
 
I have no plans to catch fry or eggs, but does anyone know about the genetics here? Would the babies look like either mom or dad? Or would they be hybrids?
 
Some babies will look like the mother, some will look like the father, some might be paler versions or darker versions of the parents.

Severums normally make good parents and guard the eggs and fry. All you have to do is feed the babies when they start swimming around. They can be fed on newly hatched brineshrimp.

The following link has information on culturing food for baby fish including a section on hatching brineshrimp eggs. If you don't want to use brineshrimp eggs, you can used the yolk from a boiled egg.
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Back to Basics when Breeding Fish

STARTING OUT Make sure you have a pair, (1 male + 1 female). There is nothing worse than spending your hard-earned dollars buying a couple of fish to try and breed and ending up with a pair of fish of the same sex. Let's face it, to reproduce fish you need a male and a female. Two males won't do...
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DragonScales+Doubletails said:
you think so huh? ;)
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Always have, always will. There‘s a really smart experienced guy I met at a catfish forum. He even built an aquarium open to the public. But his knowledge is limited to catfish types whereas Coln T has a global understanding of most fish. & related equipment.
 
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