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  1. L

    Not sure what they are doing

    TLDR: I would like to know the sex of these three for sure and what this tail flick/ biting behavior is. Is it territorial fighting or mating behavior? Background I should say from the start that this is my first go at apistos but I have housed other cichlids, as well as all the 'starter' fish...
    • Luke3141
    • Thread
    • aggression apistogramma cacatuoides behavior biting breeding cacatuoides help orange flash sexing tail flicking
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Husbandry / Breeding
  2. TCMontium

    Dicrossus filamentosus fry care and death

    Hi, After years of unsuccessful eggs from several pairs of Dicrossus filamentosus, this last batch of eggs managed to hatch. I suppose using distilled instead of RO water or using peat moss and alder cones instead of catappa leaves did the trick. But after 2-3 days of their hatching, most of...
    • TCMontium
    • Thread
    • breeding checkerboard cichlid dicrossus dicrossus filamentosus eggs fry larvae
    • Replies: 29
    • Forum: Husbandry / Breeding
  3. steveapex

    I think my female ate her eggs :/

    Hi everyone I have a harem of A. Sp Schwarzkehl, 3 females and 1 male, recently one of the females laid out her very first batch of eggs, I discovered this on Monday, she was guarding the cave continuously and taken care of the eggs constantly blowing at them, sadly on Tuesday all the eggs had...
    • steveapex
    • Thread
    • apistogramma breeding breeding cave eatingeggs harems schwarzkehl tankmates
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Husbandry / Breeding
  4. Hugo Borjesson

    Agressive male apisto

    Hey, i have had a male cacatoo ciclid for about 6 months now and recently added a female. Its in a 20 gallon long that is heavily planted. The male is non stop harassing the female but there is no damage done, yet, after a week. She is very young, just at selling size and he is about a year old...
  5. Nathanh2150

    Apistogramma double red breeding pair

    Hi all, A couple of days ago I had my first batch of eggs laid by my female double red the male fertilised the eggs as much as I know I was told to remove the male and let the female do the care of the eggs untill hatched. I noticed yesturday that the eggs had disappeared so i added the male...
  6. Andy452

    Apistogramma Agassizii grow out

    Hi All, I have been growing out some Apistogramma Agassizii they are about 4 months old now. I had maybe 30 in a bear bottom 20gal grow out tank with some moss covered drift wood. About a month ago (when they were ~3 months old) I moved 13 of the larger ones to a new 20gal tank. The new tank...
  7. Ben Rhau

    water parameters for resticulosa-complex?

    Hi all, Following up on my first post <linked>, looks like I have some as-yet unidentified resticulosa-complex fish. Can you please give me some guidance on the ideal TDS to breed? My params: Tap water GH3, KH3, pH 8+, TDS 138 Peat-filtered tap: TDS 104, pH 6 50/50 tap + peat-filtered tap: TDS...
  8. Harrison

    Cacatuoides Fry Instructions

    Hello! I have a pair of beautiful Cactuoides apistos that just hatched their second batch of fry. Last time their fry became free swimming, I had the two fish in a 29 gallon with dither pencil fish. I read on forums that the fry would be able to find food for themselves and that the mother...
  9. FishEZ

    Smallest tank size

    I have some general questions that I have searched for answers but have not found any clear answers. I have some 5.5 Gallon tanks (about 20L) that I'd like to make use of. Can this size house a pair of Apistogramma cichlids? Would they breed in this size. If not, why not? What can be put in...
  10. Will

    Apistogramma Breeding Strategies

    So I'd thought I'd make a post to see how others have raised their apistos. I've never found a "right way" to raise them, however I'd like to see how everyone else gets highest survival rates. on the 2nd-3rd day of incubation I remove the dad from the breeding tank. I wait till fry are free...
    • Will
    • Thread
    • apistogramma apistogramma cacatuoides breeding
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Apistogramma
  11. B

    Which Apistogramma

    Hello , My Name is Dennis and I am new here. I am 19 years old and I am currently studying mechanical engineering in Düsseldorf. For the past five years I was keeping some Neolamprologus Multifasciatus but more recently I got interested in keeping and breeding some south american Dwarf Cichlids...
  12. Akraziatic

    Accidents Happen - The Cacatuoides Spawn

    The pair of young Cacs I'd set up a few weeks ago have decided to bring out some fry to show me. Though a few months ahead of my schedule, exciting nonetheless. I should know by now, that not much goes exactly to plan in this hobby. At a guess there's 20-30 free-swimming fry in a 15G dirted...
  13. Wilfried

    Hello from Venezuela

    Hello everyone... Well, after registration, I set up a breeding tank. Now it has a pair of A. megaptera exploring it's surroundings and I guess I will have tons of questions, hoping to achieve the breeding of this pair. Hope for a lot of help from this community. Regards Wilfried
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