Malta Aquarist Society

Hello guys,

About 2 months ago I acquired 3 locally bred Pearl cichlids at about 4 cm. They grew well but are still very small altough their colors are very striking. Today I noticed this .. the pictures will speak for themsleves..

 Hope they are pairing :)

looks promising. Good luck!

Has anyone experienced breeding with G.Brasilensis. ???  I have a fairly large male with a smaller female housed in a 3 foot tank. The male is continously harressing the female and I had to provide for her several hiding places. She is also afraid to eat because of him. Any remarks and experiences are highly appreciated.

 I have the same problem with my Green terror and his female partner , why do they harass the female ?? I can't understand

T3ddy:

why do they harass the female ?? I can't understand

Breeding habits.

 I don't think he will get her much in the mood if he keeps treating her the way he does

What can I say !!!! So seperate them & just leave them together for breeding purposes only.

 Yes I think that's a good idea I should separate them , condition them and then re unite.  But I think they are not sexually mature anyway

Instead of separating them Ted, I constructed by means of rocks and flower pots, several hiding places for the female. Due to the fact that the male is much larger then the female, she can escape his harresment in " martin build caves and hideouts !!!!!! " , without him getting to her. Now finger crossed that she will come out when it is time and that he will welcome her .

martin.

These are her hiding palces.......

after i did separate them, the female started feeding more and more and got fater and fater. One morning I noticed that her breeeding tube was evidently that she was about to lay eggs. So I removed the separator and the male started again chasing her. After a few minutes I noticed that she had already laid eggs before I introduced the male. Hard luck. The male ate all the eggs.They are now separated again. Hope the other time I will remover the divider in time !!!!!!!

You can still see the eggs on the pot.

martin

Keep a watchfull eye Martin, as I think they're quite nice & it would be interesting to see some fry.

Yeaaa thanks Seracin... I wil keep you posted for the next batch of eggs.

martin

 Yep, keep us posted martin, btw nice fish mate

Yes Kurt these are nice fish specially during the breeding acttivities. There are also other nice cichlids whix are nice as well but very very difficult to breed.