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Update:
Yesterday I noticed the female escorting her free swimming fry out of her cave. This afternoon I fed the tank (community tank) BBS. The Fry's were eating them and had full orange/red bellies.
Thanks Mike. I'll go with patience. I'm hoping once she does spawn she'll just protect the relatively small cave area that she is currently protecting from the other fish and leave the male alone. The tank is a 60cm cube.
How long does Apisto spawning take? 2-3 days ago my female turned a lot yellower than she use to be. She has been chasing her tank mates away from her cave and generally behaving more aggressively. I don't think she has spawned yet as every 15 minutes or so she'll leave her cave, search out the...
Thanks Frank. Are you looking at markings or shape to determine sex? Do you think D12 is correct on the species? There isn't a lot on the internet about them.
Added some photos of the hard scape so you can get an idea of the hiding places. Also excuse the bubbles I'm running Co2 and the plants are constantly pearling when the lights are on.
Pretty sure one is a male not sure on the other. In a 60cm cube (~60g) with a fair amount of hardscape and plants. Sold to me as wild caught D12. Larger one is ~2" smaller closer to 1". Tap water is acidic (~6.5) and has next to no hardness. Had them for about a week. Hid most of the first day...