Linds6292
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Hi
I've just started getting back into the aquarium hobby after a few years. After coming across a LFS that had many Apistogramma, I got interested. I had just set up a new aquarium and decided to give them a go.
I bought a male and female cacatuoides on the 2nd. They seem to be doing great and getting more colour (especially the female). I love their personality already. At first, they didn't seem to interact a lot with each other much but after a few days they seemed to have 'paired up'.
I didn't put any pots or a cave as such in the tank firstly because I don't like the look of them and secondly because I don't have any and we are now in lockdown. However, there are a lot of natural cave-like places in the tank and plenty of flat rocks they can use. I figured that would do.
On the 11th I was looking for the female. I noticed part of a plant that had been dislodged and went to investigate. Sure enough, there she was. She had dug a small depression in the gravel behind the plant and had laid eggs on the glass. She was busy keeping the cardinal tetras away whenever they cam close. After watching her for about 2 minutes, the male came over to that side of the tank. To my surprise, she left the eggs, adopted an aggressive posture, and chased him away before he got too close then went back to guard the eggs.
I had a closer look at the eggs and saw they were white, not a good sign normally I would think.
What do you think? Is this aggression normal or do the pair usually co-parent? Why were the eggs white? Not fertilised?
I've just started getting back into the aquarium hobby after a few years. After coming across a LFS that had many Apistogramma, I got interested. I had just set up a new aquarium and decided to give them a go.
I bought a male and female cacatuoides on the 2nd. They seem to be doing great and getting more colour (especially the female). I love their personality already. At first, they didn't seem to interact a lot with each other much but after a few days they seemed to have 'paired up'.
I didn't put any pots or a cave as such in the tank firstly because I don't like the look of them and secondly because I don't have any and we are now in lockdown. However, there are a lot of natural cave-like places in the tank and plenty of flat rocks they can use. I figured that would do.
On the 11th I was looking for the female. I noticed part of a plant that had been dislodged and went to investigate. Sure enough, there she was. She had dug a small depression in the gravel behind the plant and had laid eggs on the glass. She was busy keeping the cardinal tetras away whenever they cam close. After watching her for about 2 minutes, the male came over to that side of the tank. To my surprise, she left the eggs, adopted an aggressive posture, and chased him away before he got too close then went back to guard the eggs.
I had a closer look at the eggs and saw they were white, not a good sign normally I would think.
What do you think? Is this aggression normal or do the pair usually co-parent? Why were the eggs white? Not fertilised?