trying to breed l333 for my first time

[james2190]

i recently purchased a l333 colony 4m 2f, they have breed many times before and i have seen the fry they have produced, i put them in my 3ft tank with ehiem 2217 filter and a power head, 4 caves and drift wood, temp set at 29 and the ph at 6.8

i am not sure is i have the settings and environment is correct,

i need some help

- environment
- diet
- temp
- filtration
- things to look out for to show when they have laid eggs or about to breed
- ph
- anything alse i should know about

thankyou to everyone for the help much appreciated

 

[james2190]

just to add all my males are 12cm + and the females are 10 cm,
all males are caving and females are just hiding out around the driftwood.

 

[Brengun]

Looks good, wait until the females look gravid and you might have one or more hanging about near the caves. When rain is coming, do a waterchange to try to pull that temp down to 26C. Adjust the heater to 28C and you should be goodo.

 

[james2190]

what do you mean by gravid, sorry im an amateur? and what does it have to do with the rain, it rains just about every second day in melb lols

 

[Brengun]

Fat belly females. Quite often they spawn when the barometric pressure in the atmosphere drops = storms coming.

 

[Joby]

They will also need to settle down after moving from where they used to breed. I'm sure once they are all set they will begin again for you :thumbup:

 

[macvsog23]

I would up the amount of caves and feed on meaty food 2 or 3 times a week then a cool water change once a week about 30% or more

 

[Irene0100]

sounds good, were they in a 3ft before?
agree , whne one or more female is nicely rounded , drop temp, even better if strom
also drop tds if you can (eg rain or ro water )
only I would be a little wary of 4 males in 3 ft in case they fight - so just keep an eye on their behaviour. sometimes lost of males either fight or are so busy eyeing each other up that they do not breed.
good luck