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I read in many places that Ap. Iniridae are tough to breed because of their water requirements......so.......In a 29g high I have 2 female and 2 male Ap. Iniridae that I got from Ted Judy last April. About 10-12 days ago one of the females showed up with about 20-30 free swimming fry. Four days later the second female also had 20-30 of her own (women always competing). As time progressed the first batch slowly started disappearing. Thus far I can not say the same for the second batch, but it is still early. My question is...are the fry disappearing because of their environment (water parameters) or inexperienced female? In other words at what stage of breeding does water parameters affect success. PAR: pH6.4 Kh1 (I think I read this right...very soft) gH my test kit sucks (reads like 300+ppm).
Next question is, if these water parameters are good for Ap. Iniridae, would it be logical to say that it would also be good for panduro, hongsloi, trifasciata, borelli, agassizi , Dicrossus Filamentosus, gold and EB-Rams.
Finally, my Ap. trifasciata have grown quite a bit and all seem to be males. I do not know how old they might be. At this point the are just at one inch. Most pics I have seen of females are obvious so I have some doubts here. At what age or size will sexes be more apparent.
Thanks for any help apistogramma.com
george
Next question is, if these water parameters are good for Ap. Iniridae, would it be logical to say that it would also be good for panduro, hongsloi, trifasciata, borelli, agassizi , Dicrossus Filamentosus, gold and EB-Rams.
Finally, my Ap. trifasciata have grown quite a bit and all seem to be males. I do not know how old they might be. At this point the are just at one inch. Most pics I have seen of females are obvious so I have some doubts here. At what age or size will sexes be more apparent.
Thanks for any help apistogramma.com
george