P. demasoni

Anyone have any info on successful breeding of P. demasoni? Ours are just a little too young right now. I have read that they breed like crazy once they get started though.

that is if they dont kill each other. i would recommend keeping a low number of males to reduce aggression.

how many do you have and what size?

Oops I posted in saltwater! Sorry!

We have 9 in a 29 gallon about 2 inches each. I was thinking since its such a small tank maybe weeding it down to 2 males and 5 females or so.

is it a long or high?

Just a standard 29 so high I believe....

Also I have it loaded with slate for tons of caves. It is the tank in my avatar.

all i can tell you is good luck. i believe this fish is far to aggressive for a tank that size. maybe you would have a chance with just one male.
good luck!!!

Holey Rock of Texas wrote:

all i can tell you is good luck. i believe this fish is far to aggressive for a tank that size. maybe you would have a chance with just one male.
good luck!!!

Lol, yea we will play it by year and see how it goes. One day we will give them the 72 bow to themselves.

the bow front you may be okay in but the 29 i dont think the out come will be good. but every situation and fish is different maybe you will be lucky.

I would say 1 male . Once they get full grown it gets pretty bad. Very nice blue thou...I love the Demasoni.

i've never worked with those exact numbers, but i know people who will swear that demasoni are some of the easiest fish to breed and they start breeding real young (2 inches is big enough). I've had 2 inch females breed a number of times. actually demasonis were the first fish i ever bred successfully.

Thanks for the info guys! We shall see how it goes! I have loved demasoni ever since I saw a tank full of them in a LFS several years ago.

Can you tell we like blue fish, dem's and moba's lol!

lol, yeah. i have always like demasoni mainly because of the name and aggression. reminds me of me at times. ****my name is Mason****

Our little guys are gonna be moving to a 55 gallon real soon! That will be much better for them than the 29g.

Yeah it will. How many do you have?

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DT44 wrote:

Anyone have any info on successful breeding of P. demasoni? Ours are just a little too young right now. I have read that they breed like crazy once they get started though.

I would say 5 females for every male. In your 55 i would do 2 or 3 males thats it. To many could go bad.

Thanks for moving the post! We have 8 right now (found one dead the other day). At least 2 males that I know of for sure.

I had 16 in a 75 Gallon... they all killed each other...and 2 developed bloat. I now have six remaining, and they have all been separated to different tanks. I give up on breeding them. :(

I have bred Demasoni for years. My sucess is that I have 2-3 males to 5-6 females. I actually have them in my main tank with others and they breed like rabbits. I really think just having them in their own tank makes them kick the crud out of each other. I have set up a breeding tank once and they beat each other up, but that does not happen in my main tank. That is just what works for me.

FYI This fish are named after Leif Demason owner of Old World Exotics in Homestead Flordia.

I just picked up 4 more this weekend. Hope my giant male doesn't kill everyone

Watch them close. They can get nasty.

Twin Dad wrote:

I have bred Demasoni for years. My sucess is that I have 2-3 males to 5-6 females. I actually have them in my main tank with others and they breed like rabbits. I really think just having them in their own tank makes them kick the crud out of each other. I have set up a breeding tank once and they beat each other up, but that does not happen in my main tank. That is just what works for me.

how many total do you have? I've seen someone keep a demasoni/yellow lab tank. It was crazy overstocked 75 gallon tank. He probably had 40 demasoni and about 20 yellow labs. I had 15 in 55 and they all killed each other. I only have 1 from that group and he is missing an eye and in a 12 gallon with a BN pleco. I really would like to get into them again but I won't do it unless I have a 25 plus. I've also had problems sexing them. Did you vent them?