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My Continuing Adventures with Apistogramma stiendachneri
I bought a group of 8 A. stiendachneri from Hassles a few days ago for my 6 foot Blackwater Biotope setup, and up until now things have been calm and quiet. This morning it seems the Apisto's have started their own fight club! Right now it's just a bit of chasing and occasional bouts of posturing and tail-whipping with no real damage inflicted, but as I said, it's making me nervous.
The other thing that has me worried is that, try as I might, I can't decide whether I have any females. I can't see any reliable indicator of sex among my group at all, and certainly the current aggression appears to be across the board - the big ones fight each other and pick on the little ones, and the little ones fight each other too. :frown:
I'm sure it's probably just a transitory phase until territorial borders have been drawn up - I guess I'm just in need of a little re-assurance.
I bought a group of 8 A. stiendachneri from Hassles a few days ago for my 6 foot Blackwater Biotope setup, and up until now things have been calm and quiet. This morning it seems the Apisto's have started their own fight club! Right now it's just a bit of chasing and occasional bouts of posturing and tail-whipping with no real damage inflicted, but as I said, it's making me nervous.
The other thing that has me worried is that, try as I might, I can't decide whether I have any females. I can't see any reliable indicator of sex among my group at all, and certainly the current aggression appears to be across the board - the big ones fight each other and pick on the little ones, and the little ones fight each other too. :frown:
I'm sure it's probably just a transitory phase until territorial borders have been drawn up - I guess I'm just in need of a little re-assurance.