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Which is great when there's more than 3 available. Just so you know posting replies that say you can't help, and pointing out what you would do when it has nothing to do with my current question is not constructive at all.
I'm unsure of the sex so I'm trying to learn information about them. If...
So I got a couple GBR's to try one of each sex with the EBR's. So far I've noticed one of the EBR's is completely uninterested, while the other one just constantly wants to chase. In order to get used to what I'm looking for in pairing behavior I put the male and female GBR's together.
I see a...
That sounds great way to go!!!
Sounds like your girls are getting in the mood too. Keep a careful eye. When you see the two of them enter the cave together you're pretty much golden! Ive noticed that once the female starts following the male around he may not seem to flare as much, but eggs are...
Yeah that's kind of what I figured. Any ideas about the behavior? I figure if I can't get a fix on whether I have a pair I might grab a male, and female GBR. That way I can put the male in with one, and the female in with one to see what I have. If it doesn't work I swap, and see what happens...
Absolutely :)
Right now I feed frozen blood worms, brine shrimp, and on occasion high quality pellets twice a day. Once in the morning, and once at night. I use a large syringe with a piece of air tubing stuck on the end to feed so I only give them a few worms each. This way I'm sure they're...
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I came in to see the two "fighting" just a few minutes ago. They were posturing to each other nose to tail. Their movements were really jerky as they circled one another, and they would bend in the middle then snap back. Kind of like an apisto tail swat, but much quicker, and more...
Hi Bbetta,
I've only been breeding borellis myself for a little while but I can tell you what's worked for me.
My water params are a ph of about 6.6 ammonia, and nitrite 0 of course, and nitrate is in the range of 0-15, and about 80 degrees F. I use 100% RO water in my weekly 30% water...
Good morning,
So I recently came into a couple of Electric Blue Rams. I've only dealt with Apistos up until this point so Rams are a bit of an unknown quantity. I was looking for a pair, and although my lfs owner did her best we both were kind of taking a stab in the dark as to the gender of...
So after a bit of a rocky start things have really started to flourish. I have some 2 week old Cac's from one female, about 40 five day old Cac's from another (all of which are from orange flash parents. Same father different mothers) about 70 Borelli fry from one mom, and another batch of eggs...
I'm 99% sure that one of my females has eggs. Her and her male spent a long time in a particular cave together about two days ago. Yesterday morning he was "patrolling" the rest of the tank while she stayed in the cave almost the entire day. She would come out occasionally to wiggle for him, and...
Thank you for all the great advice! I'll try to treat as best as I can, and start a new tank cycling for quarantine only purposes. Again thank you for your suggestions!
So I am new to apistos and have been keeping 4 juvenile borellis and a pair of cacatoides. My end goal was to breed both types as its always been something I've wanted to do, but have never had the time or budget to devote to it. Until this last week everything has been going great. However over...
Ok it's official. The borellii female in the pictures is "in the mood"! Only trouble is there's 2 males in the tank and they hell bent on being her babies daddy. (No serious violence just a TON of posturing). My question is should I separate one of the males? Not just so the other two can do...
Thank you me too! Just recently the male has started chasing her, and isn't displaying as much. Suppose he can only handle rejection for so long. lol
Anyway here's a couple of pics of my Borelli's. The bigger female I have is looking more, and more plump every day. The males are just starting to...
So here's a pic of my male and female Cacs. The male is still pursuing her quite a bit, but she's starting to turn the other way when she sees him coming. Hopefully she starts taking an interest in him soon. I think her brushing him off is making him a little annoyed. lol
Gotcha. Thanks for the insight. I had another question. My mosquito larvae will be running out soon. I've thought about using frozen bloodworms occasionally for conditioning food as a replacement, but I've read in a couple of forums that bloodworms aren't good for apistos. Is there any validity...
Hello everyone!
So the title really says it all. Right now I have a 50g with two pairs of A. Borellii (wanted a male and 3 females but gosh darn they're hard to sex when they're little) and a 20g with a pair of beautiful "orange flash" Cacatuoides.
Water params for both tanks are: temp-80F...
Good afternoon!
I'm new to apisto keeping, and am currently the proud owner of 4 adorable little Borelliis. I joined the forum to get some of the sage advice offered from more experienced owners (in the process of breeding these little gems) and generally just get involved with the community...