Male died in breeding cave

Subject: Male died in breeding cave Fri Nov 21, 2014 2:33 am

Hi all I had a large male longfin green dragon pleco around 6 inches breed in a 7 inch long by 1.5 inch wide cave everything was going well the first day then he got stuck in the cave and when he finaly got free he left the eggs and died the next day I guess he hurt himself has anyone had anything like this happen before?

Subject: Re: Male died in breeding cave Sat Nov 22, 2014 6:40 am

yeah, I had a long find die in a cave after he got stuck. He seemed to lock his fins and then couldnt unlock them and eventually suffocated Sad

Subject: Re: Male died in breeding cave Tue Nov 25, 2014 12:21 pm

Ok so its not unheard of for this to happen have you tried using larger caves to help keep that from happening?

Subject: Re: Male died in breeding cave Wed Nov 26, 2014 1:05 am

nah, I considered this to be a case of natural selection. I find the larger caves can result in more eggs being booted so I stick to the smaller caves. Though I did end up burying him in the cave cos I couldn't get him out

Subject: Re: Male died in breeding cave Wed Nov 26, 2014 7:04 pm

Ok I thought that may happen I usually try to keep my caves just large enough for the male and female to fit snug into this is the first time ive had a problem with a male in a cave

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