Brett1970 Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 My black and Red Hm male and his lover just spawned took 3 hours she was picking up all the eggs he didnt do anything except squeeze her and look after the nest. bit diffrent than my last spawn where the male did most of the work. Should be some gorgeous fry be aweome if their are some black ones be interesting to see how many fry their are looks like a lot of eggs so have to wait and see. first time i tried using Indian Leaves as a nest builder worked a treat male built huge nest . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdarnixx Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 yea one of my males does that too,the poor females look buggered after haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 Lucky for some still! My male and female have been living together since I got her and he's not even interested in spawning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 the poor females look buggered after haha That's when you treat them like princesses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett1970 Posted February 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 Yes well i conditioned my pair for a month on bbs and bloodworms just as well as she looks shattered now is recovering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdarnixx Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 That's when you treat them like princesses yea they always get a huuuuuuuuuge feed after and a tank to themselves they seem to want to just float for half a day to get over it,poor things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 yea they always get a huuuuuuuuuge feed after and a tank to themselves So I'm not the only one who does that? Gave a single female a whole 3ft tank to herself one time, to be fair it was the only spare tank but she seemed to enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdarnixx Posted February 19, 2010 Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 they dont get a three foot lol,just a little 25l ish tank thats planted up big enough for a holiday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted February 19, 2010 Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 Should be some gorgeous fry be aweome if their are some black ones It sounds like they'll be very nice. Pics will be a must Lucky for some still! My male and female have been living together since I got her and he's not even interested in spawning! Try separating them for a while then re-introducing them....absence makes the heart grow fonder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 I might have to try that! I don't mind if they don't breed as he's a VT and obviously they're not the "fancy" ones that are easy to find homes for, I got him because he was too adorable not to have, but it would be fun to watch them do their thing even if only just the once. But they seem so happy swimming around together just being friends, which does make it easy not having to keep them in different tanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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