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Has Anyone Attempted To Breed Rhom's In Captivity?

Posted 06 April 2016 - 01:14 PM (#1) Guest_mynamesjeeeff_*

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I used to be active on the boards under another name, which I can't figure the pw out. But it's been a good 7 years and I'm wondering if since then if there's been any progress with getting rhom's to breed?

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Posted 06 April 2016 - 01:26 PM (#2) Ægir

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Not unless you have an olympic pool sized tank and lots of money to keep replacing fish...

PM me with your email address and the old name, I will have the PW reset for you.

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Posted 08 April 2016 - 06:32 AM (#3) Sanchezi

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Like what was already said...i have been searching this forever and still there is no success -- my thoughts are you will need a very large pond/pool with about a dozen young rhombeus and have them mature in that setup -- and pair off naturally -- i think is the only most probable way...if there is a way at all in captivity.

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Posted 08 April 2016 - 12:35 PM (#4) Ægir

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I think it happened once in a zoo, and once in a home with an eggcrate divider... but I am not positive and cant recall where I saw that.

As for keeping young rhoms together, I tried it in divided tanks and they will stop at nothing to find and kill the others. Even going as far as jumping over or digging under.

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Posted 08 April 2016 - 01:08 PM (#5) Sanchezi

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Yes -- those ended up being Sanchezi piranha --- and for the young rhoms together -- if they are in a pool and or pond you may have some slight success....so in other words -- forget about it and leave breeding rhoms for the Amazon.

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