timmy2422 Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Hey all. I have been waiting and waiting for some breeding activity in my 4 foot tank but nothing seems to be happening in there. The setup: * tank size- 120cm x 60 cm x 45cm * Fish- 1 male 2 female sualosi's, 1 male 4 female cuckoo catfish, 1 male 4 female e blues. * PH is about 7.4 at the moment. Can anyone give me advice? Too crowded? Thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobbin4 Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 8 fish and 5 catties so not overcrowded, Ph could be to low but need more info. Size the fish, age,water conditions etc etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmy2422 Posted February 16, 2006 Author Share Posted February 16, 2006 size- sualosi are fully grown. e blues are about 8cm. cuckoo's are about 10cm. I will do another PH test tommorow. Tank has been going for about 2 months now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee427 Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 size- sualosi are fully grown. e blues are about 8cm. cuckoo's are about 10cm. I will do another PH test tommorow. Tank has been going for about 2 months now. ← definatly put the ph up timmy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mezzacam Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Also - It can take awhile for fish to fully settle into a tank... 2 months is awhile, But you never know. Maybe they just need more time if your supplying them with everything else? Cameron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeWs Fish Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 I reckon the blues and the salousi are stopping each other from breeding on top of the synos which can be a big breeding deterant. Get rid of either the blues or salousi or get more tanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisso81 Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 I reckon its the cuckoos mate, I had a big peacock colony (very regular breeders)stop spawning after I introduced 5 of the syno's, and they haven't spawned now for months. The trick with cuckoos is to swap hosts around as even the dumbest fish wise up to their antics sooner or later. HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric_Blue Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 To get my blues going I slowly kept bringing the PH up till it got around 8 and feed cichlid pellets and brine shrimp and algae biscuts and after two weeks it was on like donkey kong . I also found my male needed his own flowerpot to spawn in and he also deepend his normal cave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmy2422 Posted February 17, 2006 Author Share Posted February 17, 2006 Thanks guys. Mike, i finally got my cool room panels for my fish room today, so when i get the funds i will get more tanks Ill just keep waiting and split the sualosi from e blues (when i get new tanks) then swap cuckoo's around every now and then. How does that sounds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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