I tend to agree with Ingo to a degree. I have been working with

both the G stehlini and the G g eisentrauti and have had no problem

with my adult pairs. I must add that they were acquired as proven

compatible pairs so I can't really contradict what Ingo is saying and

I've not yet witnessed any of this aggression in any of my adult

breeders. The stehlini are much calmer than the somewhat flighty

eisentrauti although the smaller eisentrauti wins thumbs down as far

as the vibrant colors they display.



As far as hatchling/juvenile aggression, I have not seen any. I was also

warmed that as hatchlings/juveniles the eisentrauti could become quite

vicious toward their clutch mates. I have had 2 to 3 month old stehlini

together since they hatched and have seen none of this aggression

whatsoever. As far as the eisentrauti, there may be a little chasing

around by a bully but nothing serious enough that would lead me to

separate them.



Could be that I keep the juveniles in large holding tanks with lots of

hides and branches so they can each claim their own territory but I

think the fact that I feed them all well and on a daily basis keeps them

fat and happy I guess.



These are truly prolific as I can get three clutches from my eisentrauti

(third clutch to hatch in a few weeks) and two clutches from the

stehlini and they make it seem almost effortless.



John

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