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Last year breeding season my males where tail wagging but no females where interested. This year I added another adult female, males are wagging again females are definitely getting bigger( assuming they are producing eggs). Im using RO mixed with tap ph around 8 tds 38 gh 1 kh 1, tank water is ph7 tds 90 haven't tested gh and kh yet, what can i do to push the over the hump? I have done 30% water changes 3 days in a row stopped for a week then did a 50% one. Should i do more consecutive water changes? maybe 5 days? my group is a wild caught group that I have had for 20 months now imported for Heks discus

What foods?

mixture of zucchini, chopped prawn, hikari carnivore pellets and maybe some left over flakes that the dither fish don't eat

How often are they getting the chopped prawn? I'd up the meat and increase the frequ of water changes in case the food impacts water quality.

And what's your temperature?

28 degrees Celsius closer to 30 being summer, Twice a week the get chopped prawn

30C is good. Twice a week prawns is fine. Maybe mix with other meats? (scallops, clams, or, if you have access, live worms for food). Just to give the fish "the spice of life" with variety.

thanks buddy ill keep doing what I'm doing Ill do 5 consecutive waterchanges this week and then back to normal fo two weeks and see what happens

Here are my experiences with them: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=32242&hilit=l134

In summary, spent ages trying to breed them (simulating seasons, RO water, etc.), then gave up, other than weekly 30% water changes with de-chlorinated tap water, feeding them a mix of pellets, and frozen foods, then several months later they spawned!

They were wild caught, bought as young adults, the dad appeared to look after the eggs well even the first time, as I only knew they had spawned after finding 20+ young in the tank!

Good luck.

today will be the 5th consecutive 30% water change then ill stop i had a lot of issues over the weekend power cut of 9 hours my cycled crashed lost my 2 lda074 plecos saved the tank by moving a cycled sponge filter over from another tank. I must say the L387 in the tank are tail wagging like mad fish

Markw thanks for the share on your post it just shows you they will breed when the want to