breeding nightmare

You've gotta figure though that even if they take care of half of the babies
that's a good start. This is how they survive so the male chasing them off
is not an issue. The male & female synos actually tag team the other
cichlids.


"Stephen Provis" wrote in message
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with mine, the female lays her eggs and the male is right behind her
fertilising them, she then scoops them up so they are moving in circles,
if
any of the others get close the male chases them off and the female gives
up
so the male has to follow her and try again, possibly in a smaller tank
where there are less breeding it would work cause the fish wouldn't be
left
to it too much but in mine the syno would have to be in 3/4 places at the
same time, I am wary of putting too many synos in the tank as the 2 I have
decorus & schoutendini(sp?) are very territorial even if I move their
hiding
places they and the 2 plecs will still stay in the same area defending it
from eachother
"CanadianCray" wrote in message
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What do you mean it wouldn't work. That's what syno multi cats do. They
go
around scooping up the eggs as the female cichlid lays her eggs & then
deposits her own before the cichlid scoops them up into her mouth.

"Stephen Provis" wrote in message
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"CanadianCray" wrote in message
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What kind of Synos do you have??? Some Multipuctatus (sp) would help
cut
down on the baby cichlids by switching their eggs.


decorus

the fish are all mouthbrooders so wouldn't work that way

i'm desperate enough to try anything right now!
"CanadianCray" wrote in message
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You've gotta figure though that even if they take care of half of the
babies
that's a good start. This is how they survive so the male chasing them off
is not an issue. The male & female synos actually tag team the other
cichlids.