My new Centralian giants. help with getting em to get it on

[saxon]

Today I have purchaced an adult pair of Bredlis Female is 2.5m and male is 2m. the previous owner has not bred them he says the male has not been interested? does any one have any suggestions on what might help this season.

Saxon.

[africancichlidau]

Have you sexed them?

[saxon]

yeah they have been sexed

[saxon]

is anyone cooling a male that may be of use to me?

[africancichlidau]

I am cooling a trio at the moment but what interests me is the previous owner saying "they didn't seem interested". Bredl's can be more age oriented than size oriented but if they are around four years old the male should show interest. You may have a viable pair that just wasn't old enough last year. They may indeed go for you this season.

[saxon]

i think the male is 4 and a half at the moment. do you think he would have been to young last year he is under two meters a little

[saxon]

+ is it ok that i have only just started to cool them?

[africancichlidau]

Should be, where are you and what has been your temp regime? It's not too late to cool them and it is quite possible with Bredl's that he was too young last year. The pair was sexed reliably?

[peterescue]

Probably never been cooled

[basketcase]

"male isnt interested" is usually a weak excuse for "i couldnt breed them"

for your sake i hope this isnt the case. just keep your temps right, cool properly and keep your fingers crossed

[Mr.K]

i tried to purchase that pair but the bloke wouldnt freight
Cheap pair too. Good luck with it Saxon.

also could you post some pics of em soon as the ones he sent me were about stamp size (really helpful when ya trying to view a potential buy :roll: ) I am really interested on seeing how they look with a good photo or three

[saxon]

no worries. when did you try? I guess im lucky, hey?

[Mr.K]

i tried late last week. took em a few days to get back to me but it was a fair way away from an airport so fair enough. yep, i would count you lucky for sure

[tourett]

the male has not been interested

A bottle of Jim Beam always works for me, but then for some strange reason the female looses interest.
Tourett

[hugsta]

Have you tried lighting a few candles turning of the lights and playing Barry White..........