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« on: November 13, 2009, 11:11:37 PM »
just a quickie,
when occies spawn is it a good idea to take the male out?
just so he doesnt harass the females or eat the fry?

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« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2009, 05:09:14 PM »
Ive never had to take my male out. The female was much more aggressive though..
How big is the tank?
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« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2009, 12:42:48 AM »
In my experience....best to leave both parents with fry

Trouble only comes when you remove the fry.....have plenty of rocks for female to hide in!
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« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2010, 05:45:39 AM »
ok, well my occies have just spawned  again.
normally when they spawn, the female will guard the shell for a few days
then the male would bury the shell and smash up the girl.
so this time  i have taken him out.
she has been guarding it now for 3 days.
fingers crossed!

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« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2010, 09:24:41 AM »
hello how did you get on with removing the male ?
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« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2010, 07:53:49 AM »
it was fine.
she guarded the shell and now have a free swimmer.
it was really weird but she only had one fry.

so i guess it was succesful.

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