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My Continuing Adventures with Apistogramma stiendachneri
I bought a group of 8 A. stiendachneri from Hassles a few days ago for my 6 foot Blackwater Biotope setup, and up until now things have been calm and quiet. This morning it seems the Apisto's have started their own fight club!
Right now it's just a bit of chasing and occasional bouts of posturing and tail-whipping with no real damage inflicted, but as I said, it's making me nervous.
The other thing that has me worried is that, try as I might, I can't decide whether I have any females. I can't see any reliable indicator of sex among my group at all, and certainly the current aggression appears to be across the board - the big ones fight each other and pick on the little ones, and the little ones fight each other too. :frown:
I'm sure it's probably just a transitory phase until territorial borders have been drawn up - I guess I'm just in need of a little re-assurance.
I bought a group of 8 A. stiendachneri from Hassles a few days ago for my 6 foot Blackwater Biotope setup, and up until now things have been calm and quiet. This morning it seems the Apisto's have started their own fight club!
The other thing that has me worried is that, try as I might, I can't decide whether I have any females. I can't see any reliable indicator of sex among my group at all, and certainly the current aggression appears to be across the board - the big ones fight each other and pick on the little ones, and the little ones fight each other too. :frown:
I'm sure it's probably just a transitory phase until territorial borders have been drawn up - I guess I'm just in need of a little re-assurance.