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    Thank you for the article on keeping trophs Gene. I have acouple questions that i didnt find answers for though. 1.How long do tropheus live? 2. How long does it take for tropheus to reach sexual maturity?.
    3. If water conditions and food is good how ofter will they mate?.
    4. How many frys can I exspect from one female each time?
    I have a group of 19 ikola that are about 3 months now and they live in a 75 gallon tank for now. Thanks in advance.
    10 Gallon (emergency tank)
    20 Gallon (emrgency tank)
    58 gallon ( Tetra, Platie, Cory)
    125 Gallon (Ikola)
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    Originally posted by Enin View Post
    Thank you for the article on keeping trophs Gene. I have acouple questions that i didnt find answers for though. 1.How long do tropheus live?

    I have read reports that people (geoff being one) that have kept tropheus close to 10 years.

    2. How long does it take for tropheus to reach sexual maturity?.

    Some sp. will start breeding faster than others. I have seen most start breeding at 8-10 months.

    3. If water conditions and food is good how ofter will they mate?.

    Depends on the fish and dynamics of the colony. Fastest breeding time I have personally seen is one month after spitting (or striped). I had one female that would breed, hold for 10 days, get striped, and breed again in 30 days. She did this repeatedly. If you let the females hold longer then it make take a longer time to get them into breeding condition.

    4. How many frys can I exspect from one female each time?

    Depends on the sp. and size of the female. In my moori colony I see 6-10 fry per batch. But with my brichardi, I was getting 15-20 fry per batch. Brichardi seem to product the most fry of them all. May be something to do with the fact that their fry are bright red/orange and in the wild they would get eaten so the females tend to produce more.

    I have a group of 19 ikola that are about 3 months now and they live in a 75 gallon tank for now. Thanks in advance.
    Good start. Ikola and breed like no bodies business. Give them time.
    I ate my fish that died.

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      Just got home but I would not tell you anything different than MyJohnson
      120g - Tropheus Moorii Kambwimba
      180g - Petrochromis Macrognathus Dine/Tropheus Moorii Namansi I

      "Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has not heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains"....Winston Churchill

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Gene D View Post
        Just got home but I would not tell you anything different than MyJohnson
        Thai is the petro/troph king.....

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