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Sorry I wasn't clear, Mike. It seems to be the male that isn't interested. She does her 'dance' and leads him to a cave. He doesn't seem interested though, and often just swims away after she enters.
Just time, I suppose.
Thanks Mike.
Does the female Mac usually stay in the cave after a successful spawn? My only experience with Dwarfs is Kribs. My female Krib would stay in the cave for a few days, fanning the eggs until they hatched.
With my Macs, the female goes from cave to cave, and doesn't stay in for any...
My Ap. Mac. female has excavated very small entrances under two coconut halves.
Does the male have to enter the 'cave', or can he fertilise the eggs from outside?
The entrance seems to be too small for him.
I think the Golden Dwarfs have spawned, so this could get interesting.
At first, I thought a new fish had somehow hitch-hiked into my tank. I had to look online to find out what the black and white checked fish chasing other fish away actually was. A very dramatic colour change in the female...
Just an update for anyone that was interested. I changed things around, and things have calmed down. The Macmonster still rules the tank, but the Golden Dwarfs seem to have been allowed to claim a small territory as their own.
This is the new layout. I set up two definite territories.
Hopefully the others will be able to hide if that happens! :-)
These pocket rockets are fascinating to watch, and I can see a few new tanks on the horizon.
The female is next to the coconut centre right on the 1st pic. The male is in front of the far right rock on one of his patrols.
The Golden Dwarfs are hiding in there somewhere. :-)
Thanks for the reply, Mike.
I think I would struggle to get any more rocks or wood into the tank! :-)
There is hardly any bare gravel showing. Any part without wood or rocks on it is heavily planted.
Things have calmed down slightly.
The female Mac has claimed a coconut shell and isn't moving...
I have a 120 x 40 wide x 55 cm tall community planted tank. It is stocked with tetras and a pair of Ap. Macmasteri. They weren't breeding, but seemed to get along ok. The male was constantly flashing at the female, but she wasn't interested.
I wanted to add another pair of dwarfs, and read on...
Hi. I've taken up fish keeping again after a few years away from the hobby.
I've no experience with Apistos, so figured this was the place to ask my newbie questions.