So I decided that I wanted my Zonatus pair to slow down on their breeding. Plus I needed them out of the way so that I could catch all of the babies. So I stuck the pair in my 210 with my RTM's, Freddies, and male Festae. All are of equal size to my male Zo.
OOOOOPPPPPPSSSSSSSS :affraid: That was a mistake. My Zo pair took less than 24 hours to completely dominate the whole tank. They whooped the crap out of my male Festae, and male RTM.
So, today I did a big switch around. I put the Zo's in the divided 135 with my male Xilo, moving my WC male devil into the 120 squared tank, and also put my WC barred blue female Devil in with him. Moved the Umbee pair up to the 135 divided with my Hoga pair. (currently have eggs) I moved the Umbees to a different tank for 2 reasons. 1st is because I wanted them at eye level so that I can watch them easier. Plus I wanted to induce spawning a bit with the Hoga's in the same tank spawning. It has worked many times trying to get a pair to spawn.
So really didnt realize how aggressive my Zo's are. My male has some good size to him, but is just as big as my Festae and RTM, but he just dominated them. I was quite surprised.
Hopefully the Umbees spawn soon. While I was moving all I took the time to measure. Much larger than I thought.
Male F2 Umbee 11.5"
F F1 Umbee 7"
M Festae 11"
F F1 RTM 11"
F F1 RTM 10"
M F1 RTM 10"
M Freddie 8"
M F1 Zonatus 11"
F F1 Zonatus 9"
M WC Devil 12"
F WC barred blue Devil 6"
M WC Xilo 10"
M WC Hoga 12"
F WC Hoga 6"
This took my 5hrs. Damn I love this hobby.![Big Grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
OOOOOPPPPPPSSSSSSSS :affraid: That was a mistake. My Zo pair took less than 24 hours to completely dominate the whole tank. They whooped the crap out of my male Festae, and male RTM.
So, today I did a big switch around. I put the Zo's in the divided 135 with my male Xilo, moving my WC male devil into the 120 squared tank, and also put my WC barred blue female Devil in with him. Moved the Umbee pair up to the 135 divided with my Hoga pair. (currently have eggs) I moved the Umbees to a different tank for 2 reasons. 1st is because I wanted them at eye level so that I can watch them easier. Plus I wanted to induce spawning a bit with the Hoga's in the same tank spawning. It has worked many times trying to get a pair to spawn.
So really didnt realize how aggressive my Zo's are. My male has some good size to him, but is just as big as my Festae and RTM, but he just dominated them. I was quite surprised.
Hopefully the Umbees spawn soon. While I was moving all I took the time to measure. Much larger than I thought.
Male F2 Umbee 11.5"
F F1 Umbee 7"
M Festae 11"
F F1 RTM 11"
F F1 RTM 10"
M F1 RTM 10"
M Freddie 8"
M F1 Zonatus 11"
F F1 Zonatus 9"
M WC Devil 12"
F WC barred blue Devil 6"
M WC Xilo 10"
M WC Hoga 12"
F WC Hoga 6"
This took my 5hrs. Damn I love this hobby.