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    Brichardi/ Daffodil breeding

    The following links show the tank in which I have multiple regular brichardi and multiple daffodils.  IT is a completely holey rock filled tank with little tents  made from tile to form caves in various places on the bottom of the tank.  There is also a strange looking catfish as well as two Archocentrus panamensis (I believe they are a pair).  Strangely enough there is no breeding going on.  Any suggestions?  Do I need to thin the herd?  Or... Do I just remain satisfied with a beautiful tank?
    http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g77/dblondfemme/fish/100_1866.jpg

    http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g77/dblondfemme/fish/100_1865.jpg

    http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g77/dblondfemme/fish/100_1864.jpg

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    http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g77/dblondfemme/fish/100_1862.jpg


    Sorry... I have difficulty doing quotes AND pictures... so the links are here.
    5.5 fw fluval chi - class N top bar snake chested endlers/ red marble bn/ 4 stripe RCS/ pumpkin shrimp
    20 sw cube - a few damsels and a colony of bristleworms
    29 fw - self cloning crayfish..which can't seem to clone haha
    29 fw - mollies / albino bristlenose / ghost shrimp and snowball shrimp/ glo danios
    29 fw - crs/ amano/tiger shrimp /assassins/ whiptails/ plants/ 3 emerald cories
    55 fw - steatocranus casaurius (20ish)/ tetras/ rainbows/large Jack Dempsey
    75 fw - large Jack Dempseys / pictus cat/ yoyo loach/ Red gippicep    / 10+" oscar/ parrot
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  • #2
    Re: Brichardi/ Daffodil breeding

    DB -- mine breed when they dug out the sand underneath the holey rock in my tank..  I cannot get them to stop now..  They seem to like the ultra tight quarters to breed in.  Another thing is that I didnt know they had breed until there was suddenly decent sized fry where free swimming around.

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    • #3
      Re: Brichardi/ Daffodil breeding

      My suggestion would depend on what your goal with the tank is. If you want to watch some fish, then you are done. If the goal is breeding, you may want to consider a species tank, where you can watch for two to pair up and then remove the others. BTW, your catfish looks like a Synodontis nigriventris, or more commonly called "Upside Down Catfish". My synodontis love eating eggs... and brichardi and daffodils are egglayers...
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      • #4
        Re: Brichardi/ Daffodil breeding

         I guess I need to attempt to capture the catfish.  He's quite comical....
        It's not that I want or don't want them to breed... it's just that I love it when nature takes it's course.
        Thanks for the info.
        5.5 fw fluval chi - class N top bar snake chested endlers/ red marble bn/ 4 stripe RCS/ pumpkin shrimp
        20 sw cube - a few damsels and a colony of bristleworms
        29 fw - self cloning crayfish..which can't seem to clone haha
        29 fw - mollies / albino bristlenose / ghost shrimp and snowball shrimp/ glo danios
        29 fw - crs/ amano/tiger shrimp /assassins/ whiptails/ plants/ 3 emerald cories
        55 fw - steatocranus casaurius (20ish)/ tetras/ rainbows/large Jack Dempsey
        75 fw - large Jack Dempseys / pictus cat/ yoyo loach/ Red gippicep        / 10+" oscar/ parrot

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        • #5
          Re: Brichardi/ Daffodil breeding

          I noticed my first brood after a large water change and raising the temp from 77 to 80 in my tank.

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          • #6
            Re: Brichardi/ Daffodil breeding

            If you want nature to take its course... then enjoy the mix that you currently have!
            Scarecrow : I haven't got a brain... only straw.
            Dorothy : How can you talk if you haven't got a brain?
            Scarecrow: I don't know... But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking... don't they?
            Dorothy: Yes, I guess you're right.

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            • #7
              Re: Brichardi/ Daffodil breeding

              I really do... I have some HUGE daffodils courtesy of fshfrk.  The brichardi's are from cichildfan and loretta's stock.  I have had them since they were mere specks in a bag of water.  The daffodils are HUGE.  They all love swimming in and out of the rocks.  I just wanted to make sure I wasn't preventing them from following nature.  I think the catfish would look great in one of my other tanks anyway.  The panamensis are from Dave in San Antonio or Austin.  I bought them at the Nov. HAS auction and they have really grown and seem to get along with the brichardi/daf mix.  Anyway...Thanks so much for the input.
              5.5 fw fluval chi - class N top bar snake chested endlers/ red marble bn/ 4 stripe RCS/ pumpkin shrimp
              20 sw cube - a few damsels and a colony of bristleworms
              29 fw - self cloning crayfish..which can't seem to clone haha
              29 fw - mollies / albino bristlenose / ghost shrimp and snowball shrimp/ glo danios
              29 fw - crs/ amano/tiger shrimp /assassins/ whiptails/ plants/ 3 emerald cories
              55 fw - steatocranus casaurius (20ish)/ tetras/ rainbows/large Jack Dempsey
              75 fw - large Jack Dempseys / pictus cat/ yoyo loach/ Red gippicep              / 10+" oscar/ parrot

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