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djm123
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From:Freeland, PA USA
Registered: Nov 2003

posted 11-09-2003 01:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for djm123     Edit/Delete Message
What is the easiest way to get these to breed.I have a 46 Bow with about 4 or 5 ...although I have maintained in terms of water changes, & Salinity, ph I believe is about 7.4 NO Breeding has ever happened??


Second ? is food...Yesterday, I bought FROZEN sardines which I thought would be a treat for them...THEY ABSOLUTELY WOULD not eat it...They Do eat Frosen Brian Schrimp??? Any ideas on this one???

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dianenm
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posted 11-10-2003 05:51 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for dianenm     Edit/Delete Message
what kind of cichlids do you have? may be a stupid question, but are you sure you have any females in there? lol
is your water hard? have any holey limestone in there? lots of caves? a flat rock? is the water 80 degrees ie. warm?
I've heard things that will make them breed is 80 degree water, frequent water changes, and frozen foods (brine shrimp).
it is hard to tell the sex in a lot of the cichlids, though, that is why I mentioned the sexes above. I have a female red zebra that I can only tell is female because she's always mouthbrooding. her egg spots are bright and bold as can be. shrug.
another that mouth broods a lot in my tank is a hap nubilis. she's obviously female because she's very very drab in comparison to the male.
good luck

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Lildab
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From:Chicago, Illinois, U.S,A,
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posted 11-10-2003 10:13 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Lildab     Edit/Delete Message
Yes if you are sure you have male /Female raise the water temp to 80 - 82F. Depending on fish species add a peice of flat smooth slate rock in the tank if the are egg layers. If not get more females.African Cichlid males have many mates unlike South-Americans which choose one mate and chase off or kill the rest. Good Luck!!

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