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Post by brenda on Sept 21, 2008 14:33:28 GMT -5
I am kinda excited, hopefully I have reason to be...I noticed my Sunshine Peacock being a litlle more aggressive when others come around his little area..He is normally a very mellow dude. He is also moving gravel. Are these signs of possible spawning to come?
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Post by murdock6701 on Sept 21, 2008 14:44:05 GMT -5
I hope so! haven't talked to you much lately - have been really busy on the farm - no offense taken? sorry about your sick fish but other than that you seem to be doing really well! am observing a lot of cichlid posts lately without comment - am trying to learn so when I make the move I'm not crying every 2 minutes! LOL - you guys are great - hope it works out for you Brenda!
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Post by brenda on Sept 21, 2008 14:56:51 GMT -5
Thought I'd post a pic of him today...He is showing more blue then he ever has before I also posted one of how he looked before so you can see the difference. Before.  Today-  |
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Post by brenda on Sept 21, 2008 14:57:50 GMT -5
I hope so! haven't talked to you much lately - have been really busy on the farm - no offense taken? sorry about your sick fish but other than that you seem to be doing really well! am observing a lot of cichlid posts lately without comment - am trying to learn so when I make the move I'm not crying every 2 minutes! LOL - you guys are great - hope it works out for you Brenda! Thanks John, I appreciate everyone's support...Sorry I didn't make it again for the wood cutting!!!  |
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Post by eve on Sept 21, 2008 15:20:26 GMT -5
very very nice, he is coloring up very nicely and seems to be a very healthy growing male
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Post by brenda on Sept 21, 2008 15:24:02 GMT -5
He is definitely wanting to spawn...even a newbie like me can tell now. He is just going crazy, he even had the female over there at one point but I don't think it's over.
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Post by bikeguy33 on Sept 21, 2008 21:42:54 GMT -5
if he is showing aggression and protecting a lil space I`d say he is getting ready./....now that combined with nest building screams fishie porn....good luck. hope the female is reseptive....
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Post by brenda on Sept 21, 2008 21:49:34 GMT -5
He is definitely showing aggression and he is such a beautiful bright yellow now...As you could see the difference in the pics. He's had her back there a couple times and they spin in circles, so hopefully one of these times.
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Post by brenda on Sept 23, 2008 9:20:48 GMT -5
I know this may be a stupid question but I am totally new at this breeding thing...Is there a time limit on how long my male will keep trying to spawn? It has been going on for 2 days with and my female is still not holding. Is this normal?
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Post by jonv on Sept 23, 2008 10:34:22 GMT -5
I kind of asked something similar to this last year to John (8) and he indicated to me, males will continue to spawn so long as they are sexually capable of doing so. I wondered what the effects of the absence of females would have when I sold off the females due to over breeding actually. It was indicated to me, that males will not suffer from that and are quite readily able to breed putting females back in at a later time. Unless a male is already sterile, I am thinking they will breed pretty much all the time. I don't know if there is an old age point for males when they would become sexually inactive or not.
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Post by Carl on Sept 23, 2008 10:41:15 GMT -5
I kind of asked something similar to this last year to John (8) and he indicated to me, males will continue to spawn so long as they are sexually capable of doing so. I wondered what the effects of the absence of females would have when I sold off the females due to over breeding actually. It was indicated to me, that males will not suffer from that and are quite readily able to breed putting females back in at a later time. Unless a male is already sterile, I am thinking they will breed pretty much all the time. I don't know if there is an old age point for males when they would become sexually inactive or not. This is a good point! I was pondering this question before you answered (thinking back to many of the Cichlid aquariums I kept). This seemed to be the case with all the male African Cichlids I kept when I would move females in or out of aquariums. The mistake I sometimes made (in retrospect), is one John/8 pointed out ; that is sometimes leaving a female in to breed shortly after breeding. Carl |
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Post by brenda on Sept 23, 2008 10:55:49 GMT -5
Well, how long can it take before the female will finally give in? Should it be taking this long for her? Does this mean she doesn't like him...even though I think he is beautiful.
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Post by bikeguy33 on Sept 23, 2008 18:27:49 GMT -5
there is never any guarentees. she may not be interested, or maybe his courting isnt good enough. to many factors, but there is a good possibility this time around there will be no fry
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Post by brenda on Sept 29, 2008 10:34:16 GMT -5
I am very excited to say my female sunshine is holding. Lets hope she doesn't spit it.
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Post by Carl on Sept 29, 2008 11:23:04 GMT -5
I am very excited to say my female sunshine is holding. Lets hope she doesn't spit it. Cool, keep us posted!  Carl |
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Post by goldenpuon on Sept 29, 2008 15:15:13 GMT -5
Great Brenda! Can't wait to see the fry!
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Post by jonv on Sept 29, 2008 15:45:05 GMT -5
That's about 10 days from last post, nothing a little time and conditioning can't fix. I'd probably elect to let her sit about a week, make sure those eggs start to develop and then isolate her to a seperate tank.
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Post by brenda on Sept 29, 2008 19:33:25 GMT -5
Well there you are Jon...been wondering what happen to you an was hoping everything was ok. Anyways, yes that is the plan. This happened yesterday so I was figuring a week week and a half before moving her. She was still holding tonight so keep your fingers crossed!!
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