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A little off-topic. The small Corys are so happy now. I hadn't seen them for 3-4 days.They are swimming and roaming all around the tank!
I am so glad they are thriving now! <3
Yep, breeding is definitely not the goal.
I spoke with the shop owner today if I can bring the fish back and he said that he will take them and suggested to exchange them for some Rummynose Tetra or some other peaceful fish.
For now I will only keep the 5 Barbs, 2 Corydoras and 3 Tetras. I don't...
Excuse my bad knowledge and bad terminology.
When we got her she was a bit fat, but I thought she may have been overfed. I guess what I wanted to say is that she had eggs in her body, not that she is pregnant.
So she laid the eggs indeed (saw them inside the cave when I removed her from the...
Well for now I removed the female in the small tank and left the male in the community tank. Tomorrow I will give them away.
I was watching videos about how the female will become yellow when in breeding mode, and ours is grey-black so I was sure they are not a couple. But it seems that she was...
Well.......another surprise. It seems that the female is pregnant, because she is in a cave in the middle of the tank and only shows her head out, while the male is chasing every 1 around.... I was about to bring them back in 2-3 hours....what now? Is it too late? How long will this proceed...
Yes, I won't take things for granted.
The pair is still at home. Things are better than yesterday. The barbs are lively today. One thing I noticed is that the male only chase fishes who are near him and on about his level of swimming (close to the gravel). So this would be a perfect fish for...
A little update.
Sadly I am going to return the pair back to the shop tomorrow. After my last post things started to get worse. The male started chasing every single fish that he met while roaming and I suppose the whole tank is his "territory". Then I re-aranged the aquarium to some separate...
Sure, but the second tank is only about 5g and needs cycling, it wasn't supposed to be an active one.
Just filled it yesterday and I have to wait a bit before putting her in (despite I am dosing Sera Bio Nitrivec it still needs time). IF I gona put her in it would be temporary. I am about to get...
Again, thanks for the replay!
So the only option is either to return the female to the shop or put her in a different tank. I think I will choose the second option! I had an intuition that this purchase would be a potential trouble for the community tank, but my impulse prevail :D
Thank you for...
Thank you very much for the reply!
This morning the Corydoras are back in their original hideout and the male Apistogramma is roaming around the tank. I will buy 2-3 more indeed.
For now the female is fine. When they meet each other they hang out together for a while and after that she goes...
Hello all, I am new to the forum and would like to ask a question.
I have a 20 gal tank with 5 Barbs Pentazona and 2 Corydoras Panda. Today I went to the LFS to buy some food for my fish and saw this beautiful Apistogrammas. So I asked the seller about the fish and asked him if 1 or 2 will be...