i have a nice setup run off a large divisional sump filter. i have about 8 species of africans, i keep their water perfect, gh 20, kh 12, ph 8.2-8.5 all the tiome, temp anywhere between 22 and 27 but never varying largely in short time.
all my males are supposed breeders but are mercilessly attacking the females, i have lost a lot of fish from supposed breeding colonies or breeding pairs. and bugger all breeding. theres logs n post n **** like that to hide in but the females are getting bashed hard, tails eaten away at, like full on ram raided from across the tank by the male, scales missing etc. i take em away and put em in another tank for a while to recover and they just get flogged again when reintroduced. my perscipax orange caps definately were breeding, i have fry from the previous batch, they came from a well stocked community tank, both adulots were in great nick, now he's got two girls he's flogging them both. any clues anyone?
all my males are supposed breeders but are mercilessly attacking the females, i have lost a lot of fish from supposed breeding colonies or breeding pairs. and bugger all breeding. theres logs n post n **** like that to hide in but the females are getting bashed hard, tails eaten away at, like full on ram raided from across the tank by the male, scales missing etc. i take em away and put em in another tank for a while to recover and they just get flogged again when reintroduced. my perscipax orange caps definately were breeding, i have fry from the previous batch, they came from a well stocked community tank, both adulots were in great nick, now he's got two girls he's flogging them both. any clues anyone?