Membe deep

[Link2Hell]

do you still have a spare male you can add back to the tank

to take some focus off the females

other than that I think you may need crowd the tank with

other fish for distraction

Chris

[sandy001]

They are in a standard 4ft tank with a colony of 10 C azureus.

I recently added another male back to the colony but he only lasted 24hrs. I will have to look at added some other fish for distraction.

Thanks Dave

[dobbin4]

With the cost of these guys i would not be able to sleep

The killer would be left by himself.

& she had a mouth full???

[intern1]

why not add some electric yellows 10 of them just to get the distraction from the females. I know it will cause the tank to be over stocked but give it a try worse thing happens is that you have to remove them.

Or if you have another tank place the females in there let them build territories and hiding places then add the males so at least the females will have territories established and the male will concentrate not on the females but establishing a territory

[Link2Hell]

It sounds like the males will need to be seperated and

only added to the tank after the females have been

conditioned for spawning then removed after he breeds

each time and I would be looking to use one of the sub

dominant males

I would even only add him to the females while I was

there and remove him overnight

the other alternate would be a single species breeding tank

with seperator grid where he can share the love but not

the aggression

drastic moves but when you develop this sort of history

they are the last options

Chris

[dobbin4]

Any luck Dave? Laurie?