A single male

[gturmindright]

Say you have a troph that is perfect and you want to be sure all of your fry have his genetics. Will you have successful breeding with a 1.12 ratio or does he need some competition?

[235g tank]

Sept 29, 2019 21:07:41 GMT -5 gturmindright said:

Say you have a troph that is perfect and you want to be sure all of your fry have his genetics. Will you have successful breeding with a 1.12 ratio or does he need some competition?

Oh he will definitely reproduce like crazy in a 1:12 ratio. You can also keep some other males with him, and he will still reproduce like crazy. as long as he is the dominant male fish. Just make sure that he doesn't lose his place as dominant male. Their is ways you can intervene to make sure he is the dominant male also.

[thefishdaddy]

Some competition is better but later the subdominant fish will always outgrow him and will take his spot, what I do is always add smaller males in the tank so he can Chase them around this is not a guarantee that all the progeny is from the dominant male the sub can always sneak-in.

[mikevxr]

I would put a younger group of Duboisi into the tank rather than more males of the same variety. I’ve used younger groups of Duboisi in my tanks when group sizes are small and it seems to work well.