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  1. Harrison

    Time of Day for Apistogramma Spawning?

    I have a pair of Agassizii that look like they are about to spawn. The female stays in her cave for the most part, only venturing out briefly to dance at the male. I looked in the cave briefly using a flashlight, and did not see any eggs. My question is, what time of day do apistogramma lay...
  2. Harrison

    A. agassizii “Fire red” Predicament

    Thanks everyone for your help. The male and female fire red have been living *mostly* harmoniously together for the past three days. Both fish seem unstressed. No spawn yet, as the female doesn't appear to be very receptive to the male's advances. I just started feeding some live black worms and...
  3. Harrison

    A. agassizii “Fire red” Predicament

    @yukondog Actually, it seems more like the male is leading her to his cave. I just saw her go into the cave for a moment, then exit. Once she left, the male went in. In some cases I know with Apistos that this means that they’re spawning, although I am not positive this is happening with these...
  4. Harrison

    A. agassizii “Fire red” Predicament

    I actually just removed the barrier once again. It’s been down for the last hour. I’ve been keeping a close eye on the tank for the whole time. The male leaves the female alone for the most part, although he is clearly now the aggressor of the two. If he sees her, he’ll do his dance (she curls...
  5. Harrison

    A. agassizii “Fire red” Predicament

    @yukondog thank you for the quick reply. Good question- there are no fry in the tank. She abandoned that first brood (which I’m fairly sure was fertilized by the Tefe sp. male that was in the tank for less than 48 hours.
  6. Harrison

    A. agassizii “Fire red” Predicament

    I put in the barrier on Friday. So the male was on one side with some dithers, the female on the other side. I gave him a few days to bounce back and feel more comfortable in the tank. I figured that he didn't appreciate being moved into a tank and having to immediately deal with the female...
  7. Harrison

    A. agassizii “Fire red” Predicament

    @Mike Wise I followed the steps you laid out and unfortunately I am still having issues with these fish. Before, the male was harassing the female because she wasn't ready to breed. I moved the male agassizii to a quarantine tank for 3 weeks and gave that time for the female to ready a breeding...
  8. Harrison

    A. agassizii “Fire red” Predicament

    Mike, this is an incredibly helpful and detailed comment. Thank you for all the time you take helping others! You’ve been a big help to me over the last year when I’ve asked multiple questions. as a side note, do you think it’s okay if I remove the male Fire red for the next few weeks and place...
  9. Harrison

    A. agassizii “Fire red” Predicament

    Pics of the fish. Third picture shows the torn caudal fin.
  10. Harrison

    A. agassizii “Fire red” Predicament

    A small update on the Fire reds, advice still needed. After the female finished with her initial brood ~5-7 days ago, I removed the divider and the fish, reorganize the decor, then replaced the fish. Now, the male is very aggressive toward the female (opposite of what the problem was before). I...
  11. Harrison

    A. agassizii “Fire red” Predicament

    I placed a divider in the current tank, separating him and all of the pencil fish from the female! After this brood is abandoned, I’ll remove the male and female, rearrange the decor, and then add them back at the same time. Hopefully this takes care of the aggression.
  12. Harrison

    A. agassizii “Fire red” Predicament

    Mike, I have 3 options for where to move the male Fire red for the time being. First, I could place him in a 10 gallon (housing an adult female cacatuoides temporarily as well as a few rasboras), a 45 gallon (with 21juvenile cacatuoides), or just move him to a breeder box in his Current tank (or...
  13. Harrison

    A. agassizii “Fire red” Predicament

    Sounds like a plan, thanks for the advice Mike!
  14. Harrison

    A. agassizii “Fire red” Predicament

    Hello everyone. I have become so infatuated with Apistogramma over the past year that I decided to try a new species - A. agassizii Fire red. orginally, I thought I had brought home a male A. agassizii “Tefe red” and a female a. Agassizii Fire red. It turned out the male was actually A. sp...
  15. Harrison

    Cacatuoides Fry Instructions

    This is the largest male right now: (Look at his colors!!!)
  16. Harrison

    Cacatuoides Fry Instructions

    Another update and a question: Now the fish are juveniles, being about 24 weeks old or so. I still have 15 or so in my 10-gallon grow-out tank, and I left 5 or so in my original tank with mom and dad. As I mentioned earlier in the thread, there are a few males in the original tank that are...
  17. Harrison

    Cacatuoides Fry Instructions

    Mike, what frozen foods would you recommend?
  18. Harrison

    Cacatuoides Fry Instructions

    updated question: with the fry now about 18 weeks old, I figure it might be time to move on to an easier food than BBS. What do you guys typically feed larger fry?
  19. Harrison

    Cacatuoides Fry Instructions

    Hello all. I thought I’d write back with some interesting updates! Back in November I moved all but 5 of the fry to the grow out tank, where they are still growing and doing well! The 5 that I left in the original tank with the parents, though, are MASSIVE compared to the others. I’d have to...
  20. Harrison

    Breeding ages

    I may be wrong here, but the female that was killed looks more like a non-dominant male?
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