samuel90 Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 My orange dragon's blood female has joined forces with my red dragons blood male.... I did think they were both male. But I watched them do their dance, suck up her eggs and after waiting for 10 minutes for her to swim passed and open her mouth, I saw the eggs in there! So now she is holding, I see 2-4 Weeks to wait. I am flat broke and am in need of a spare tank to pop her in...without spending much, will a simple 20 litre blue planet be adequate for her only? Simple heater, built in filter and light? SO excited and want her to be all comfortable! I look forward to any replies! HOW EXCITING. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nudge Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 In my opinion and its just an opinion, Leave her to spit in the tank, though both are DB's I would consider the offspring to be hybrids and if you have a female in that tank with a whole lot of male peacocks you are going to have WW3 on your hands as the other males will fight over her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nudge Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 You definitely don't want to have a lone female peacock with a bunch of males. Peacocks are notorious for crossbreeding and if the males don't kill each other then the female will be hounded to exhaustion. If it were me I'd rehome her asap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuel90 Posted November 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 You definitely don't want to have a lone female peacock with a bunch of males. Peacocks are notorious for crossbreeding and if the males don't kill each other then the female will be hounded to exhaustion. If it were me I'd rehome her asap I don't mind hybrids a beautiful fish Is a beautiful fish! I will or course not sell as pures to keep the hobby safe She is in with 6 male peacocks and 9 mixed electric yellows ! Do I need to go tank shoppingtomorrow? Wha size is a minimum for just her for a month? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuel90 Posted November 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 You definitely don't want to have a lone female peacock with a bunch of males. Peacocks are notorious for crossbreeding and if the males don't kill each other then the female will be hounded to exhaustion. If it were me I'd rehome her asap Would also be used t grow out the fry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 I think you are gunna be in trouble with that many males to a single female. Prepare for a potential loss of her or at least a stressed beaten girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nudge Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Look for a 2nd hand 2ftr on tm, that would be good for her and as a growout. Still think you should rehome her peacocks are harem breeders 1 male to many females, not 1 female to many males. If you keep her in the current tank with all those males it will turn into carnage. I kept an all male peacock/hap tank and had trouble keeping that setup calm, you have basically an all male peacock tank with a single female not a good ratio. Sorry but you have some nice peacocks which are new to nz to me if she survives in that setup you are gonna end up with a whole lot of hybrid fish which even if you label as hybrids if you sell them its just adding more rubbish to our pool of fish. Not trying to tell you what to do just expressing my opinion, hope I don't offend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuel90 Posted November 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Look for a 2nd hand 2ftr on tm, that would be good for her and as a growout. Still think you should rehome her peacocks are harem breeders 1 male to many females, not 1 female to many males. If you keep her in the current tank with all those males it will turn into carnage. I kept an all male peacock/hap tank and had trouble keeping that setup calm, you have basically an all male peacock tank with a single female not a good ratio. Sorry but you have some nice peacocks which are new to nz to me if she survives in that setup you are gonna end up with a whole lot of hybrid fish which even if you label as hybrids if you sell them its just adding more rubbish to our pool of fish. Not trying to tell you what to do just expressing my opinion, hope I don't offend. Naw I will rehome her in a new tank with her fry and keep her in there while I decide how best to go about it. Will probably end up keeping my all male peacocks, and turning her tank into a Mum and Kids tank . Gotta make this work... no matter the cost! I am their father now lol I can't let any of them go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nudge Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Fair enough, if you find shes getting picked on you could get a breeding net from ya lfs they are pretty cheap, at least she would be outta harms way until you can source another tank, keep us posted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuel90 Posted November 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Fair enough, if you find shes getting picked on you could get a breeding net from ya lfs they are pretty cheap, at least she would be outta harms way until you can source another tank, keep us posted Would a 112 Litre tank be appropriate for her and her fry? I am slightly wary as to what to do next. Once her fry grow up, there will be aggression amongst themselves. But I cannot put her back into the male tank. Option A) Do I keep her in the separate tank, reluctantly use her fry as feeder fish (Very reluctantly- I almost want to cry!), and purchase 6 more females of the same type and a single male and let them become a harrem in the 112L? Option B) Or, Can I keep her plus a few new females, all different types together in the 112L, or will this be just as bad as 1 female and 6 males? Having the time of my life learning about them.... telling myself that stressing is just showing I care. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Fry not babies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Get a 120 litre tank for her and the fry, if you want to seriously breed these fish in the future species need to be kept seperate to ensure good stock Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 I would consider the offspring to be hybrids oh the irony haha. one hybrid breeds with another hybrid..... probably an insight to future african breeding schemes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nudge Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 What do you want to achieve exactly? if you want to breed your peacocks you need a male and 4-6 females all of the same breed. If you want to breed your orange db you need orange db males and females if you want to breed your lemon jake you need females and a male that are all lemon jakes. If you breed them with random females you will get hybrid fish. I think you will struggle to find females for your peacocks as there are not many of these types on the market and you would need a whole lot of tanks to keep them in. Peacock breeding groups should be kept separated, only 1 breeding group per tank to avoid crossbreeding, plus all the females look very similar and are hard to tell apart so not a good idea to mix females all in 1 tank. I would stick with all males in your setup and rehome the female, if you want to breed some fish I would concentrate on your colony of electric yellows the chances of them crossbreeding with ya peacocks is small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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