I have 5 L260 (2 male, 1 female, 2?)in a 55gallon tank, along with a trio of P. maccus and a small L81. I decided to try inducing the L260's to spawn so I started a rainy/dry cycle about 1.5 months ago. The TDS is now down to @90ppm (pH still almost 8.0 ), from a starting point of 350. Cicrulation is @20X/hour. So far, no spawning (but the female appears to be quite gravid). My question is this: will it be possible for them to breed in this catfish community tank, or will I be more likely to have success by moving a pair of them to their own tank? I was hoping that by attempting it the 55 might might be able to get both the l260 and the P. maccus to spawn.
Any hints much appreciated
Jeff
L260 breeding help
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I would suggest you to move one of the males or move a pair to their own tank. Males around the same size disturb and fight each other quite a lot, it takes longer time or prevent them to spawn...there must be more mature females in the tank if more then 1 male are used so both males are more busy trying to entire the females to their caves.
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