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hi to all. just have my pair of red jewel 5 days ago. the female is already pregnant, i've noticed that the male is always chasing the female whenever he sees her. i've added more flower pot and some small fish so as to attract the attention of the male red jewel, but still he is chasing the female. i need help as to what to do. sorry for some errr in my inquiry, just new here. thanks in advance to all.

The male will pursue the female regardless of any other fish you add in, More females of the same wil help with aggressive spawing..Pregnate?? how do you know? she is not a mouth brooder, she is a egg layer and is not ready to spawn yet,, when she is she wil lay the eggs in the pots or a smooth rock and guard the nest with the male..Give her time, she needs to ajust to the tank and the male...

thanks for the reply. according to my friend who first own this pair of beautiful red jewel they already had fry w/c he personnally show me. and there appears bulkiness in the belly of the female red jewel. i'll do ur advice to add more red jewel to my aquarium (is it ok to add another male). actually i have a pair of green terror (3"male & 2.5" female) and an 3" tiger oscar in a 35gal tank. any suggestion for my green terror and red jewel to breed. what they said about the jewel are all right, as of now he is the king of the tank. the terror and oscar were eluding the male jewel whenever they'll cross path. thanks.

thanks for the advice. now my pair of red jewel has more than a hundred of fry. when do you think i should separate them from there parents or is it necessary to separate them early. as i have read from other article it is a must to separate them from there parents. thanks.

I read where the Jewels make great parents.. As for the others in the tank thou, your fry may not make it as they get eaten.. Did U place them in another tank?? I take it you didn't, so next time if you can and have another tank, say a 29 gal.. just place them in and let them raise the fry..You can remove the parents in 3 weeks or so..OR if you see them eating the fry, which I dought they wil do, but you never know.. Adding more MALE Jewels is not a good Idea..the dominate male wil chase him off.. I had 3 and one was chased off by the bigger male.. Your fish are all stil very small, so I would not worry about them for now.. You need more tanks for them all to spawn in this SMALL tank is NOT good.. The female GT will take some time before she wil be ready to spawn. they need their own tank really, A 55 gal is a good size for a breeding pair.. Your Oscar is going to need a 100 gal + tank within 7 mos.. Are you going to get a bigger tank within 6 mos?? IF not, you need to do rethink about the fish U have right now..
This is not going to work for much longer..

thanks barb okla for the very nice reply. actually, me and my wife are looking for a new place for us to reside where we may have a large space where we can place as many aquarium tank as we can (it also depends on our financial capabilities). after reading so many articles re: this fish (oscar, green terror) we are preparing for a much better environment for them. as per ur question if we are going to transfer them to a larger tank, yes we are looking forward into it. if you have any suggestion, please feel free inform us. were still looking for other type of cichlids, as of now we are looking for red devil, texas, jaguar; any suggestion or feedback on this. thanks very much.

You have time to get another tank..IF something happens within the 6 mos time, try a 75 gal tank.. this is a great size tank for most cichlids but NOT the big tank busters some like to say, Oscars, RD, Midas, Jags..They can do good in this tank for a year maybe, but then you are going to have the same problem...the need for a bigger tank..Keep the 35 gal for other cichlids and raising fry when the time comes.. I would like to caution you on Red Devils and the Jags..these do good for a while with OTHER cichlids, but soon, they start to bully if not KILL the other tank mates..Some Texans are nice, some are having problems with theirs.. Most of these need their own tanks at this time..75 to 125 gal are best if not bigger..As they need to be alone, that is alot of tank for ONE cichlid..I have seen a family of 6 or more adult to juvenile 6" Midas and RD in a 220 gal tank, doing just fine..BUT a 220 gal tank is HUGE! So they have room to spread out and as they are raised together, it works out OK.. I have NO idea what he does when it is spawing time..This is what can take a tanquile tank and turn into a killing tank... Please do more research on the cichlids you would like to keep BEFORE you buy them.. As you and your wife get into cichlids, you will find a great satisfaction in many that you keep and others that you wish you NEVER got!!

hi. i need help.

been breeding red jewel but recently i'm having problem with my red jewel's breeding. the eggs failed to hatch a time came when all eggs were fungus. do you have any idea how and why this happened and what should i do not to have this experience again. thanks a lot in advance.