If your fish becomes very bright, it means its breeding time. But there are also some individuals who are always brilliant red, but they are hard to see in the market. During the breeding process, the body color of the parent fish becomes more gorgeous, especially the female fish. Like most cichlids, its reproductive characteristics are self-pairing, showing strong nursing behavior. The optimum conditions for reproduction are pH 7.0 ~ 7.2, hardness 7 ~ 9 and water temperature 25 ~ 28℃. Like to lay eggs on smooth stones or smooth plates. It is difficult to tell the male from the female of ruby fish. The main differences are as follows: (1) the end of the anal fin of male fish is longer than that of female fish; When the female fish is sexually mature, the abdomen is more swollen and the body color is more gorgeous. Ruby is too easy to breed and its value plummets. As a result, people no longer care about their own varieties and call all varieties rubies. About 400 to 800 eggs can be laid at a time. And like other fish, observe and suck out dead white eggs through straws as soon as possible after breeding. I don't know the time from conception to spawning. But you don't have to worry, it won't eat eggs. You just have to wait for it to lay a lot of eggs and watch it hatch on its own. After the speech, put it forward separately. It is best to put green materials with holes that have no effect on water quality before spawning, just like angelfish breeding. Breeding is simple, but I believe you will be worried after the surprise. Because the survival rate of this kind of fish is not low, and the number of offspring at a time is particularly large. . It is urgent to prepare a large fish tank with mature water filtration system in advance to raise young fish. I wish you early success. I hope Meng Chong's answer can help you, and it is purely manual. Please forgive me if there are any typos.

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