Gold Ocellatus Breeding

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Gold Ocellatus Breeding

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I've been trying to get my Gold Occies to breed for several months without success. I just found out that Males have gold edging on the fins, and females have white edging. From what I can see, it looks like I've got one female for sure, but I think I'm going to have to start pulling males out of the tank until I start seeing spawning activity. If in fact I've only got one female with 6 males, that's probably not conducive for breeding. Denny
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Re: Gold Ocellatus Breeding

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I finally pulled all but one "male" out of my Gold Ocellatus tank. I'm now down to 4 males and 1 supposed female. It's not terribly obvious that my one fish is a female, but she is smaller than the remaining 4 males. I've just got the pair in the tank now, so I've got my fingers crossed that we'll start seeing some spawning activity. Denny
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Re: Gold Ocellatus Breeding

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Yes, you are right about sexing gold occies. I've got 13 adults in a 20 and usually get a spawn every few weeks or so.
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Re: Gold Ocellatus Breeding

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I'm still looking to get some if you've got extras. Where are you located? Denny
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Re: Gold Ocellatus Breeding

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I've got a few very young one, but wont be sexable for a while. Unfortunately they always seem to be male heavy.
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Re: Gold Ocellatus Breeding

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All I've got left is one "large" male. If you want to get rid of some juvies, we can talk. I don't mind raising them myself. Denny
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Denny, the 6 juvies I have are already spoken for, but this very moment I checked and I have more brand new fry. Let me raise them up a little and maybe we can make a deal.

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Re: Gold Ocellatus Breeding

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How far away are you (from NW Arkansas)? Denny
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Re: Gold Ocellatus Breeding

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12 miles north of Berryville
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