Breeding Help

[Sean]

Ok, so I have a female benga sunshine who appears to be holding (hopefully) and I want my male to try and breed again, so I did a water change and none of the males in the tank appear to even be interested in any of the females. Why is this? If they bred once shouldn't he be working on another female by now?

[African cichlid Keeper]

what tank size? how many female benga sunshine do u have? and how many male benga sunshine ?

[lilscoots]

They'll be interested as soon as another female is "ready" so you just have to wait until then.

[danielratti]

What is in there with them? What are you feeding? What's your water like?

[Sean]

mixed haps and a german red male. I'm feeding Omega One super color cichlid pellets, microkrabs, omega one veggie rounds, and ocean nutrition formula two flakes. Water is around 82 degrees, hard, and ph in mid 8s

[danielratti]

Red flag right there. You more than likely are going to end up with hybrids due to the fact you have another peacock in there. It is nearly impossible to tell the difference in peacock females. What haps do you have in there with it? If your tank is too crowded other fish will interrupt spawning. Try feeding meaty foods once or twice a week. Lately Ive been throwing mosquito larvae in to fish at the store and have been getting a lot of fish spawning.

[Sean]

I know, I think I already have a crossbreed but they won't be sold. Where have you been getting mosquito larvae? It's a grow out tank for my haps until I get a 90 gallon. I have a star sapphire a red empress, blue dolphin, eb hap ahli

[danielratti]

Standing water in our pond plants outside. I also have a bucket with daphnia growing in it I will feed to fry.

[Sean]

Oh ok. I might just have to try that. Daphnia always seems like a lot of work to me so I've always used brine shrimp

[lilscoots]

hap ahli will also gladly breed your benga female...

[TrailerParkFishTanks]

I think brine shrimp and spirulina brine help too. Couple that with a cool water change on the same day and you'll be looking for more fry tanks soon.

[Sean]

Looks like I'll have lots of weird hybrids. I'll still raise a couple out of curiosity but the rest will be sold as hybrids; if at all

[African cichlid Keeper]

Looks like I'll have lots of weird hybrids. I'll still raise a couple out of curiosity but the rest will be sold as hybrids; if at all

PLEASE don't sell the hybrid as there are all ready to many out there.

[jcunningham0295]

Hybrids need to culled or used as feeders.  Don't put anymore out in the hobby.

[danielratti]

Lol yeah dude I get you work at a store and all but be smart. I know its easier to make a quick buck and all but keep the hobby going. I don't sell stuff here that's a hybrid unless its a man made one but still I let people know what they are.