Tropheus Ilangi

[Nick]

Anyone have any experience breeding these? I hear they have very small broods. Either way it looks like either a colony of those or a colony of T. Duboisi Maswa will be going in my new 150g. (Uber excited...and yes I said UBER!)

[hezekiah]

yes my last 2 broods, i did not pull them was 1 survivor and latest had 2 survive my duboise typical have 5 or 6, my red lupotas typical have up to 8 or 9. but some people do very well with them. some of my females are smaller some are huge just really been waiting along time on this group. maybe once they start good they will not stop.

[Mastiffman]

yes my last 2 broods, i did not pull them was 1 survivor and latest had 2 survive my duboise typical have 5 or 6, my red lupotas typical have up to 8 or 9. but some people do very well with them. some of my females are smaller some are huge just really been waiting along time on this group. maybe once they start good they will not stop.

 It was typicaly thought that Moorii in genereal were not big producers... But it really all comes down to a few things. NUrtrition and water quality are a given. BUT, a few other things such as M/F ratio, waterflow and rock formations... As well pulling the eggs prior to being fully developed typically yields higher batch numbers. I have some T, Moorii Chaitika that I will typically pull from 8-17 wigglers/fry per female...

[Nick]

At this point even if they don't breed ill be happy.
 I love these guys. (I ended up with 37 Ilangi). Their color has gotten brighter and the aggression seems to go down a bit each day. I even seemingly have one male at each end of the tank already defending a spot. They seem happy. I'm thinking maybe getting some of duboisi or maybe one of the blacks for my 55g after I clear it out

BTW How hard is it to vent them? I have never done it. I suppose I really should have tried when I was putting them in the tank when I got them since they were already sedated.

[Mastiffman]

Nice. have any pics yet?

[Venting] Not hard in my opinion... I've done very accurately many times. but size has a lot to do with it as well. But it still can be a bit tricky...

[Nick]

Nice. have any pics yet?

[Venting] Not hard in my opinion... I've done very accurately many times. but size has a lot to do with it as well. But it still can be a bit tricky...

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