allentwnguy
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Hi guys/gals. I was wondering if anyone has read any articles about Apisto's wild spawning habits. I ask this because my cacs just keep on spawning. I started with 2 pair that turned out to be one female and 3 males in August 2016. One male was chased out of the tank. I don't know how he got through the small opening but I found him dried up one morning. The alpha male bullied the other male until he holed up in a coconut hut and wouldn't come out. He got stressed, got a fungal infection and is now blind and lives in a 10gal by himself. That brings me to mamma and Big Daddy (C'mon I know you name your fish too!).
She had her first brood that September and has had 7 since. I have 15 males left from 3 broods ago, I just shipped out 57 juvies from her last spawn only to have her trot out another batch the day before the 57 shipped out. She just goes after the male as soon as her fry start free feeding to have more.
I don't want her to burn out. I'm guessing spawning is the wild is triggered by the seasonal change in water parameters when food is known to be getting abundant. This little girl breeds just about every other month. I want to pull the male but I don't want to stress him out or him to lose interest in her.
Any wisdom?
She had her first brood that September and has had 7 since. I have 15 males left from 3 broods ago, I just shipped out 57 juvies from her last spawn only to have her trot out another batch the day before the 57 shipped out. She just goes after the male as soon as her fry start free feeding to have more.
I don't want her to burn out. I'm guessing spawning is the wild is triggered by the seasonal change in water parameters when food is known to be getting abundant. This little girl breeds just about every other month. I want to pull the male but I don't want to stress him out or him to lose interest in her.
Any wisdom?