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A good reason for another tank!
Can you comment on the risk of the male eating the fry? I looked today and they are almost 10 mm now.
I tried to remove him and/or the other female last night but no luck. So far the male hasn't shown any interest in the larger fry (he was more interested...
Hi all -
So this is just a general conversation thread, just looking for any general comments. I've read through a lot of the threads, and seen much of the basic info (ie the bigger the tank the better, separate the male after breeding, etc). I am located in Chicago, Illinois
Background - 20...
Hi All,
Thanks for all the good advice. I guess there is a reason that this thread is titled "New to Apisto". Just for clarification, the original author had the 12 gallon tank, mine is 20 gallons. Also the "bacterial bloom" is just a dirty glass, as I had stirred up the substrate just before...
So here is my uodate.
Tonight i found the female dead. I am guessing the male killed her wanting to breed.
The guy I got the fish from did not know the age but it did seem like the male was older than the female. Maybe it was just poor timing, but hard to think they had spent any time in the...
Any updates on this tank?
I have the same scenario (recently adding a pair of apisto cacs to an existing tank of neons and kuhli loaches). The seller told me they were young but the male is already 2.5 inches long, so they can't be that young.
The female is hiding a lot, which I am guessing...