Apsnake
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I lost a female a while ago and bought this one for my male. The male harassed her so bad I had barely seen her in a couple of months, well recently my male died from a internal parasite which I couldn't fend off! When this happened I rescaped the tank and done large water changes. The female of course came out and started ruling the tank. This is where my suspicions started. Slight tinges of male colouration started to occur flecks Of reds in her tail and dorsal fins slight blue marks around her face. Anyhow I bought a new male to recreate a pair and the male I got is really small compared to this huge female. She relentlessly chases him round the tank when I remove the divider even though he is in adult colouration and is around an inch in size he cannot fend her off. I need a second opinion if this is in fact a female macmasteri or a male that is stuck in sneaker form thanks in advance for any replys. I would like to breed these fish and am not having much luck, also this female claimed a cave and blocked the entrance with substrate which is something I've never had a male apistogramma do in my tanks. Does this help decide if it is a female? I have photos of both but will only post female as male is a definite