Midnightrider said:
Are they mouth breeders?
I had some electric blues that gave me about 40 bazillion babies, but the mom carried them in her mouth so long she starved. then all her babies died b/c the tank heater failed and boiled em.....
I have Jack dempseys now in with a 10 inch Gar and a pike chichlid. The pike and gar only eat live food, fun to feed, 20 feeders last about 10 minutes with all of them in a frenzy.
Noticed last week, that not only was she not eating, she was actually dodging the food. She's got a mouth full of eggs now. SHe's a SMALL fish so I have no idea how she's supposed to survive. AND we have no idea which of the other fish is the dad.
We do live feeders about two or three times a month.. Have 15 fish in the tank now, and even the smallest cichlid will eat a raspora almost the same size.
I've got a Pleco about 10 inches long, BIG Dempsey's and Red Devil, and amongst all the killer fish, one tiny Barb that's been there from the beginning.