Mouth Breeding Fish

[australia]

should i use a substrate when breeding mouth breedings like electric yellow cichlids?
or will they lay there eggs onto the surrounding big rocks? atm i do not have any substarte in my tanks, eg gravel, sand....whats should i do?

 

[jakeroberts]

i would use a substrate but it is up to you by the way since you have been posting all these question about africans i was just wondering if you have a tank setup that already has some setup or if you are thinking about could you tell use the details plz

 

[australia]

i would use a substrate but it is up to you by the way since you have been posting all these question about africans i was just wondering if you have a tank setup that already has some setup or if you are thinking about could you tell use the details plz

yes i did have tanks setup for africans though now i have taken all my substate out so i have bare bottom tanks with just big rocks in my tanks

 

[Straydum]

i dont think its neccessary. imo i wouldnt put any. its easier to maintain this way.

 

[australia]

i dont think its neccessary. imo i wouldnt put any. its easier to maintain this way.

thats exacly what i am thinking!

 

[typhoon]

cichlids dont lay eggs, they are mouth brooders they just spit the babies wen they are ready to go! my yellows have bred numerous times and i have crushed coral as substrate as there in a community african tank, and alot of spaghetti rock for decor.

 

[australia]

cichlids dont lay eggs, they are mouth brooders they just spit the babies wen they are ready to go! my yellows have bred numerous times and i have crushed coral as substrate as there in a community african tank, and alot of spaghetti rock for decor.

what i mean is when the eggs are first released to be ferterlized, does it matter if i have a bare bottom tank or not?

 

[dthoffsett]

No it doesn't matter if you have substrate or not. If you are just strictly keeping them to breed, then the less stuff to clean the better. However, if you are wanting a show tank, I'd go with sand of some sort.

 

[australia]

No it doesn't matter if you have substrate or not. If you are just strictly keeping them to breed, then the less stuff to clean the better. However, if you are wanting a show tank, I'd go with sand of some sort.

okay great, thanks dthoffsett, its not for show just to breed breed and breed, lol