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Yeah. Been there, done that. In my experience, it usually comes down to one of two things. 1) male didn’t do his job (very infrequent ime) 2) conditions that are conducive to incubating eggs (bacterial/fungal loads or water parameters (inappropriate pH/tds).
2 is usually the culprit. After the...
You’re more committed than I. Similar breeding strategy, lots of leaves at times. I take the slightly lazier approach. Fry stay with the folks until they lose interest. Fry stay in the tank, parents get moved.
I wouldn’t worry. She’ll keep them rounded up, or they’ll be safely hiding amongst...
Cichlids are territorial, female cichlids that are motivated are downright terrorists. If your 16 is large enough (footprint), say 36x12 and structured in a way that their are places to hide, everyone probably survives (until there are babies).
I’d imagine all Apistogramma are capable of changing sexes. I once had a female agassizii decide to become male and raise a batch of fry with one of her daughters. It was fun trying to explain that the father, and the grandmother were the same fish
Yeah, that. ^^^
CA1, and CA2 Romer, are probably as good as it’s going to get for stateside availability, even if they are dated. Tomc.no is pretty incredible in breadth, but not really a guide per se.
My big concern when importing “delicate/blackwater” fish was always columnaris. For a blackwater fish with a “lazy” immune system, the bacterial loads of life in a glass box can be difficult to adjust to. I’d go pretty nuclear at the first signs of fin deterioration (PP/Salt/RO). By the time the...
Welcome! 100% not borellii with that caudal spot. regani-ish, maybe eunotus/eunotus adjacent with those bars that appear to be split. Curious to see what Mike and Frank have to say.
I’m a huge advocate of freshly hatched baby brine shrimp. If you’ve got the space and time, it is a fantastic one and done food. Have recently started stealing/feeding some xTreme cichlid peewee pellets intended for my hypancistrus that have exceeded my Apistogramma acceptance expectations.
Seems like a reasonable WC program. I store and agitate at room temperature (heated room) for a day or two. PH manipulations are made in the storage tanks. Day or two before use for “stable” conditions, day of use for “rainy season” intentional PH fluctuations.
Throw some great food at them for a few weeks. If they make babies, you’ve got both sexes. If they don’t…. you don’t. borellii are sexually mature at wildly small sizes
I’ll edit my previous response. The random “separate caudal spot” fish probably aren’t iniridae/velifera with jacked up tails…with the number of fish that look like Colombia (Rio negro) fish sp putzer/cleaner is probably closer to correct