How to 'pause' breeding?

[Innivus]

Short story: I have 9 fish growing out in a 65 gallon tank and 2 have paired up, taking half the tank up for themselves. They've laid eggs 3 times now, and I'd like to get them to hold off so I can get a bit more growth out of them. And not only are they hooking up in one corner, their love juice must be floating across the tank, because all of a sudden there are 2 more possible pairs. I've tried adding some Epsom salt to keep the TDS up, but it hasn't slowed them down. Any thoughts?

[Trier20]

Seperate the suspected male and females into two tanks if possible.

[Trier20]

Or use egg crate to divide the tank.

[Innivus]

Thanks Brandon!

[nc0gnet0]

Just leave them be. Laying eggs won't hurt the growth so much as rasing fry will.

[shoveltrash]

I had this happen in my display tank - I totally rescaped, upped the TDS a bit (I use RO water with RO Right), and haven't had it happen since. I believe the re-scaping made the biggest difference. three times the 'new pair' picked a place to lay eggs and I moved everything around each time :) (poor fish! LOL).

[kreekree]

Poor fish are trying to get it in and your disrupting their love mojo;)

[zimmjeff]

have a child. Jeff

[Innivus]

have a child. Jeff

haha, very funny. Actually, my wife is pregnant with our first kid, so I'll find out soon enough, right? I guess it depends on if we make it to kid #2.