Michigan Cichlid Association

General Category => Old World => Topic started by: olliesshop on March 06, 2015, 05:48:36 AM

Title: Cyprichromis Coloratus Jumbo Yellow - breeding advice
Post by: olliesshop on March 06, 2015, 05:48:36 AM
I have six Cyprichromis Coloratus Jumbo Yellow's I'm trying to breed (that I got from Tony - Grizzly's Dad, last April) .  Everything seems to be going well; the dominant male is fully colored and courting the 3 females constantly, but they haven't spawned yet.  Now, it's only been 1 1/2 months since I re-sealed the tank, so I'm wondering if I'm just being impatient?

FYI, here's a video of the dominant male courting the oldest female ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZnJCGnF8XE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZnJCGnF8XE)

The conditions:

I've also noticed over the last few days that the dominant male is really keeping the other two males in the rock pile, much more than before.  Is that a sign?

How do you tell when the female is first holding eggs?  Is it really obvious?

Also worth noting, they spawned last year once and the smallest male in the tank now is the surviving fry.  Now I've made the 125 gallon tank back into a species tank to help things along.

Sorry for the long message, but I figured the information would help.

Thanks for any help you can give!  :)