finley Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 What would be the consequences of housing females in the same body of water as males, with separators between them all? Would this be better, worse, or similar to having only males, in terms of stress for all involved? Thanks, Fin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzy_dragonfly Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 Females may become egg bound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 I think females would be more likely to dump their eggs. Not a good idea if you're conditioning to breed them, but not a problem otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghengis Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 Would the dividers be see-through?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finley Posted October 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 Would the dividers be see-through?? That's a TBA - it depends what I can find in the hardware store! Ideally I would like to do something like 2/3 plastic mesh + plant cover, and 1/3 see-through - that elusive sense of companionship + privacy! So it's easy for them to hide from each other, or flirt safely if they feel like it. That's the current plan anyway. Of course it may all change... :scared: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghengis Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 Not being in any way an expert, my feeling would be to keep them completely invisible from each other. In my (under construction) barracks, I intend to have a window placed in each divider, that will be uncoverable so the boys can poke faces at each other each arvo. If you will be using clear acrylic or even glass, I'd suggest finding some way to block off vision between each compartment, so you are able to control when your fish see each other... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anasfire Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 I can account for the females becoming eggbound. I had one recently pop because she became so egg bound and it was her that was excited over the male, the male couldn't give a toss about her and never showed interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2jdaze Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 in my experience most of my females have become eggbound... but never dropped eggs and ended up dead no matter how much I tried to coax them to drop the eggs, I even had one girl who I physically took out of the tanks and squeezed eggs out of her 2 or 3 times! and she just kept getting bigger... eventually dying...I had originally tried to spawn her but she wouldn't let the boy wrap her and thus I abandonned the attempt after a couple of weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peta Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 HMM No more letting the girls talk to Eric!!.... .... on this topic.... if you have girls in dividers should you let them see each other all the time - or also put in place screeners so they can't see each other... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnylass Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 I intend to have a window placed in each divider, that will be uncoverable so the boys can poke faces at each other each arvo. Gosh that is a cute way to describe it. I keep all my girls in together, and just keep my boys seperate, but while the boys are young I don't bother blocking their view from their brothers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jusdeb Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 No idea really but do fish get sexually frustrated?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canfeleq Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 I have read somewhere that females release hormones into the water to indicate that they are ready to breed. If this is true and you are not planning to breed them then it is probably better to have them in a seperate water supply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 I haven't ever had an eggbound female, and they could usually see males. Just FWIW. Have had them dump eggs though.Maybe they'd have become eggbound/dump eggs if they couldn't see the males though, who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canfeleq Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 I have to say the same thing, I've never had an eggbound female. If there is no male around mine dump their eggs. They have also dumped them when they either didn't like the male or he was too aggressive and frightened them. I had one female that 'popped' that I thought was eggbound but my vet PM'ed her and we found that it was a tumor on her reproductive organs that was the true problem. I'm lucky that my vet is as curious as I am and doesn't charge me for unusual requests - like post morteming a fish :Drunk_Buddies2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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