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Ok thanks. I'll keep an eye on them and sep if necessary. The aggression is very limited and as long as they stay away from her it seems fine. My krobia are very passive breeder. That is they guard their nest very aggressively but as long as you stay away from the nest all is well (I have 11...
Do you know how large they get and if they form strong pairs; weak pairs or polygamous ?
I have a group of 7 and I thought they were very juvi but one has already spawned and she is only like 1 to 1.25 inch and the male is only marginally larger. I thought adults were 2 to 3 inches. The male is...
My female nijjensi lived around 4 years and she only died because she got abused when i moved which made me really sad.
Having said that i've had more than a few suddenly die after 18 to 30 months due to 'bloat' or whatever - basically not sure. My a. pucallpaensis don't seem to live as long -...
I don't like man made caves (coconut shells and ceramic); i prefer a more natural look with drift wood and rocks. Anyway most of the time when i have a cave the fishes ignore them and use some else - i have one sweet little gal using an empty mystery snail shell.
I do have a few 'legacy'...
My current observation:
At this stage aggression has been relatively minor mostly with brief chase by the male. About a week ago based on the tank layout and fishes 'zone' i added a third female (so 1 male 3 female); the female at this point have not shown much aggression among each other with...
I don't have good pictures yet but here are my current observation after having them for a small bit (6 weeks). I have three - in theory 2 female and 1 male but i suck at confirmation of their sexes. They are around 1 1/4 inch to 1 1/2 inch so i believe they could be sexually mature. One stays...
All i know which isn't much is my wc a. pucallpaensis have lots of black spots but the kids don't. Mind you i dont' raise very many of the kids as well i can't handle millions and billions of a. pucallpaensis but i do have a few.
Totally unrelated but the kids are a lot smaller than the parents...
The first day or so they are free swimming they will eat their egg sack. Only after the egg sack is exhausted do they start eating. I'm not sure how long yours have been free swimming. I usually use a magnifying glass the first few feedings to make sure they are going after the food.
probably - i've kept both - there might be additional stress to the apisto since the panda don't understand territory but they are not aggressive and pretty thick skinned so they would mostly just ignore the apisto or perhaps swim away if pecked enough. Don't believe they would touch eggs/fry.
i typically try for 4 times a day the first week. after that 3ish. 5 wouldn't hurt anything as long as the food is all eaten and not decaying. Folks say worms work well (micro worm) because they live longer in water but i've never gone that route.