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Hi Rams,
I might make the suggestion of buying from aquarists on Aquabid. Ted Judy and David Soares always have good stock. If that doesn't appeal to you, I have a quantity of Apistogramma borelli 'blue' that I will be selling in a couple of weeks, if you are interested.
Good luck...
Hi coral, currently my A. sp. pebas 'morado' and my A. borelli are about 4 months old and the largest are an inch. I THINK this is normal, maybe a little slow. I have stepped up my water changes, and about to split the pebas between a 30g long and the 20g long they are currently in. The...
As an update to the A. hongsloi situation, about 2 weeks later, they spawned again. I received some alder cones the very day she developed brood coloration and went into cave for extended periods. Today, she has brought out what appears to be only 5 fry with yolk sacks still attached. Don't...
Thanks Robi. I feel as though I am doing them right, but 4 tries now makes me wonder if eggs are getting fungus leading to her eating them? To see if it helps, I have some alder cones on the way, will try that approach next time. Or, maybe they are just infertile...sigh. THAT would be a...
As an update to the A. hongsloi and A. macmasteri, the female hongsloi again seems to have eaten the eggs. :( Whether or not they fungussed, I cannot tell. I was going to give her 5 chances to raise on her own, but now am thinking of 'artificially' hatching her next clutch. Going to get some...
Thanks all. Still not sure what's happening, as she abandoned her first cave to take up residence in second one. Today is day 6 for both the hongsloi and macmasteri. Should see some wrigglers soon! I can't imagine the female hongsloi moving all of them so far across the tank, but maybe when...
Thank you MickeM for all the insights and video, which I don't have time to watch this morning, but will certainly do later! I think you are right, she is a female, and for the first time, the male is being kept at bay. He is not harassing her at all. She seems rather frantic when swimming to...
Can/will a sneaker male assume female brood coloration? I have a female (?) who colors up nicely, enters a cave, chasing tetras away, then leaves cave to enter another cave on other side of tank, then returns to first cave. She doesn't spend much time at all in second cave.
This is the third...
Ah-ha! Never mind. Found the answer I was looking for in another section "Apistogramma". Somebody else was attempting to sex juvenile borelli. Need to read boards more often, I guess.
Hello all. First time raising apisto fry (Apistogramma sp. pebas 'morado' and A. borelli 'blue'). Just wondering if someone more experienced can answer a question? At about 7-8 weeks, the borelli especially are showing adult behaviors (chasing, tail-wagging, etc). The fish are about 1/2 -...
Well, the expected has come to pass and so has my female A. honglsoi. Got her into hospital tank and administered one dose of KanaPlex, but to no avail.. She was gone this morning when I woke up. Mike's thoughts about the gill damage make lots of sense, but knowing the cause is little...
That's sad, Mike. Didn't know about that issue, as I wasn't keeping Apistos then (or any fish during some of that time frame). It may be something along that line, as she has headed to surface a couple of times to gulp air. I turned sponge filter air up to hopefully increase oxygen. She...
Well, water parameters good. For now, added some non-iodized salt and raised temp a bit. The borellis she is in with are fine. Ordered some KanaPlex, as one of my "fish guys" recommended kanamycin for multi-purpose use (bacterial and parasitic) I think I can rule out most of the other things...
Gerald, thanks for reply. Yes, her breathing does seem a bit rapid. Hard to tell as she's usually hidden well out of sight, but she is now on bottom right at front of tank in corner. Coloration seems distressed and pale. Did a good size water change, and found pH a bit high (7.6), so threw...
Hi,
Here is the situation. Last Friday I received a young pair of Apistogramma hongsloi.(Czech tank-bred) The male is about 1", the female maybe 3/4". He is already colored up nicely and was harassing her quite a bit in 20L. She wasn't eating, was hiding all the time. Monday he seemed...