moez Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Hey guysMy female horei is currently holding for the first time. I can see that her mouth is swollen and whenever it opens it's mouth I can see the egg.But the male is keeping on attacking it. And it won't take longer to spit or swallow the eggs.If have an idea on what to do plzzzzz advice?Thanks Moez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPM1976 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 What size is your tank? Maybe u need them in a larger tank, also rocks hiding places? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moez Posted August 6, 2012 Author Share Posted August 6, 2012 It's a aqua one 3ft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damoq Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Can you possibly make a divider out of egg crate or something similar?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moez Posted August 7, 2012 Author Share Posted August 7, 2012 Yes damoq.Will make one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlid.lover Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Couldn't you put her in a different tank?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efc01 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 They are legendary wife beaters! Best to strip the female of her eggs early and put them in an egg tumbler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 I strongly recommend placing the male in a fry saver so he has no access to her. C. horei is frighteningly rough on females and an Aqua One 3ft is vastly insufficient for keeping and breeding this species successfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moez Posted September 4, 2012 Author Share Posted September 4, 2012 Thx Andrew It held again. And now I luckily caught it without swallowing. It is safe and sound in the fry saver. But I have no idea what to do next?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Did you place the male in fry saver? Or the female? If you placed the female in it, simply mark 21 days from spawning date on your calendar and strip the fry on the due date. The fry can then be raised in the fry saver or in another tank.If the male is in the fry saver, the female should be safe in the aquarium until the 21 days is up, and you can do the same with her as above.Do you have a separate aquarium at all? My principal concern is that you will lose your other fish to a male C. horei in the 3ft tank. They are legendary for their aggression and people with much bigger tanks can still have serious problems.Andrew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPM1976 Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 I think the problem is it sounds like he doesn't have many femalesor even possible only 1 female is the problem?And yes they can get aggressive but i have30 in a 3 foot tank breeding myselfwith also some Cyrtocara MooriAnd to talk about aggressive and wife beatersmy Pseudotropheus Polit male isup to about his 20-30th females! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aymenz Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Currently have a breeding trio in a 4 footer, with bottom rockwork and high rock work, the female tend to hide in the high places once the male start attacking, if they retreat to the bottom areas the male will find them, so my advice is try to create some high hiding spots, the females will find them a treat. Never had a problem yet.Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowie Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 get more girls to spread the aggression and you should be fine i've had alot of aggressive males over the years but aslong as there are enough females the aggression will be spread out as opposed to your male just beating his only girli guess the best example would be tropheus the males are known for being over aggressive and its recommended that you keep them in groups of atleast 7 i think the same goes for any cichlid that doesn't form a pair i myself don't keep colonies smaller than 20 fish and have had no problems with aggression Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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