I'm wondering if folks here have experience with getting Eretmodus to spawn and might give me some insight.
Here is a video of what I often see in the tank:
https://youtu.be/WRVJ9fm0GfY
I've had this pair of wild caught Eretmodus in a 40 breeder with 7 juvie black Calvus and 3 young Xenotilapia Bathyphilus Kekese for about 2 months. Yes, it is pretty crowded and I will definitely drop this down to 1 pair of Calvus later on and maybe give the Xenos their own tank because I doubt they'll ever spawn with all the activity.
The Eretmodus pair formed after about a week in my tank and they've done a lot of beating on each other between bouts of seeming like they are going to spawn. Usually the female is chasing the male around during these times and he does the wiggle wiggle a bit then moves off. She has done some passes over rock faces, but I've never seen any eggs.
Of course I'm not there all the time, so they may have spawned and the Calvus snapped up the eggs before she could get them in her mouth. One time when they had been showing signs of spawning and I had to leave I came back and the dominant male Calvus looked suspiciously rotund.
So is the male maybe not fully interested, are they not ready to spawn or are the Calvus swooping in and I'm just not around to see it? I'm thinking of putting the pair together in a 20L for a while, but worried they'll beat up on each other too much without any other distractions.
Here is a video of what I often see in the tank:
https://youtu.be/WRVJ9fm0GfY
I've had this pair of wild caught Eretmodus in a 40 breeder with 7 juvie black Calvus and 3 young Xenotilapia Bathyphilus Kekese for about 2 months. Yes, it is pretty crowded and I will definitely drop this down to 1 pair of Calvus later on and maybe give the Xenos their own tank because I doubt they'll ever spawn with all the activity.
The Eretmodus pair formed after about a week in my tank and they've done a lot of beating on each other between bouts of seeming like they are going to spawn. Usually the female is chasing the male around during these times and he does the wiggle wiggle a bit then moves off. She has done some passes over rock faces, but I've never seen any eggs.
Of course I'm not there all the time, so they may have spawned and the Calvus snapped up the eggs before she could get them in her mouth. One time when they had been showing signs of spawning and I had to leave I came back and the dominant male Calvus looked suspiciously rotund.
So is the male maybe not fully interested, are they not ready to spawn or are the Calvus swooping in and I'm just not around to see it? I'm thinking of putting the pair together in a 20L for a while, but worried they'll beat up on each other too much without any other distractions.