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Hi all,
I recently purchased my second pair of apistos (last week-end at the montréal super auction) and i have questions regarding their behavior.
They are a pair of Viejita II both 1.5 to 2 inches long, apperantly 1 year old, gorgeous colors... They are living in a 20 gal tank with 3 corys and i have noticed that the female seems to be ''attacking'' the male. She keeps picking on him and he keeps trying to outrun her... This morning his dorsal fin is a bit ripped and he's hiding out in a clay pot.(the tank is filled with 3 clay pots and 2 more plastic hollow logs and a few natural and silk plants) He has a good appetite though.
Is this common behavior for this particular variety? Could it be related to my water conditions because they are still quite different from the one they were used to. (I'm in the process of lowering pH with peat water...)
The only apistos i got experience with are my Cacatuoides and even though i have seen them picking at each other the cacatoo have never injured one another...
Thanks for any insight you may have...
I recently purchased my second pair of apistos (last week-end at the montréal super auction) and i have questions regarding their behavior.
They are a pair of Viejita II both 1.5 to 2 inches long, apperantly 1 year old, gorgeous colors... They are living in a 20 gal tank with 3 corys and i have noticed that the female seems to be ''attacking'' the male. She keeps picking on him and he keeps trying to outrun her... This morning his dorsal fin is a bit ripped and he's hiding out in a clay pot.(the tank is filled with 3 clay pots and 2 more plastic hollow logs and a few natural and silk plants) He has a good appetite though.
Is this common behavior for this particular variety? Could it be related to my water conditions because they are still quite different from the one they were used to. (I'm in the process of lowering pH with peat water...)
The only apistos i got experience with are my Cacatuoides and even though i have seen them picking at each other the cacatoo have never injured one another...
Thanks for any insight you may have...