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 Thu Apr 24, 2008 12:18 am GMT Reply
serial i have been pondering this one and waiting to see what others ideas may be, i personally think that the toad fish added a new element to the tank, ie- fear factor, if your convicts are hiding in the leaves and not near their normal area i think this could be the problem also i think that if the fish would not normally see each other in the wild that this could also be an issue, with the toad fish being a stealthy little bottom dwelling predator and the convicts being shell/rock cave dwellers on the bottom of the tank it may be that the convicts don't feel safe laying their eggs there, here is what i suggest, build up your cave system so that it's taller, ie stacking a couple caves on top of other caves till you have reached about the middle of the height of your tank, this may give enough distance for the convicts to feel safe enough to breed again, you could do this by stacking the caves from the back corner of your tank on the right hand side so that the plant there would cover part of the opening and this would give a bit of added security to the convict pair, secondly check your water parameters, although i know that convicts breed in almost any condition of water, something may be off just enough to cause the convicts to stop breeding, another element is that when most fish people like myself get new fish they are upfront on the tank watching the fish very closely, as the tank ages we are able to sit back a ways and watch it from afar, this could also be an added stress to the convicts. i notice it takes some time for a fish to acclimate to me being upfront looking in the tank at everything making sure the plants are ok, plus being that i need to prune and trim often having my hands ( or in my case whole arm) in the tank often can cause fish to become a little more shy until they are use to the schedule.
just some ideas, i hope they help,
Brandon
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