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RLHam3 Fingerling Posts: 44 Kudos: 34 Votes: 0 Registered: 20-Mar-2008	i was thinking about starting a firemouth set up in a 30 gal with a penn-plax canister filter. if i was to get a male and a female and i wanted them to breed how would they do. the only other fish in there is a bristlenose pleco. would they get aggressive? and any tips on sexing them would be really helpful. any tips on firemouths in general would be nice.
Posted 02-Aug-2008 19:17
truestar Enthusiast Young Pup Posts: 233 Kudos: 92 Votes: 147 Registered: 23-Aug-2007	I've never kept Firemouths, but that would be a good setup for a pair. You don't have to worry about them getting too aggressive with the BN unless they start breeding, and even then the BN would probably be okay. As for how they would breed, they are egg layers. More info can be found on their profile page here. http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/512.htm
Posted 02-Aug-2008 19:37
RLHam3 Fingerling Posts: 44 Kudos: 34 Votes: 0 Registered: 20-Mar-2008	how about dither fish? (i really like tiger barbs). do u think i could add 4 or 5 of those? if not what kind of dither fish could i use?
Posted 02-Aug-2008 21:26
ScottF Fish Addict Addiction Hurts!! Posts: 542 Kudos: 330 Votes: 355 Registered: 28-May-2007	I would strongly recommend against the Tiger Barbs... They are pretty nippy and fiesty 24/7. I don't see those firemouths putting up with that for long. There is bound to be carnage. I had put a pair of FM's in with my TB's. It got pretty dicey pretty quick. I took the FM's back.
Posted 02-Aug-2008 22:21
truestar Enthusiast Young Pup Posts: 233 Kudos: 92 Votes: 147 Registered: 23-Aug-2007	My Tiger Barbs haven't harassed any of the fish they've been with, including Bettas and Gouramis. If you have a decent sized school they seem to leave most other fish alone. Mine still occasionally annoy my RTBS. I say annoy because I've never witnessed them actually nipping or biting at any of my fish. IMO, if you have a spare tank you could move either the Firemouths or Tiger Barbs to if it doesn't work out, I see no problem in trying it.
Posted 03-Aug-2008 02:04
General Hague Enthusiast Posts: 182 Kudos: 81 Votes: 3 Registered: 29-Jun-2007	Fire Mouths might still harrass plecos. Before I brought my fire mouth to the LFS recently this summer, it would bug my small pleco. That was a full size adult fire mouth.
Posted 03-Aug-2008 04:21
Mez Ultimate Fish Guru Asian Hardfeather Enthusiast Posts: 3300 Votes: 162 Registered: 23-Feb-2001	Edited by Mez get 5 or 6 juvies. If you can get adults sexing is real easy. Males are a lot larger and have extremely long dorsal tips, like 2 inches. They do get aggressive when they breed but a decent sized plec can holds its own with most things. I would get a male and 3 females as adults and let one pair off - take the rest back. I spawned this fish loads of times, really easy and produce decent fry. Edit: tiger barbs are no match for adult firemouths as fast as they are, good target fish if anything.
Posted 03-Aug-2008 19:58


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