Apistogramma Macmasteri Weird swimming

[ltadeu]

Last Friday 13, I got a couple of Apistogramma Macmasteri. They look awesome but I find a bit weird that the female swims around a bit slanted. They eat fine and the tank is about 3 months old, the parameters are the following:

• 6.4 pH
• 6° GH
• 6° kH
• 0 ppm Nitrite
• 10 ppm Nitrate

Videos about the behavior:

Do they look fine to you?

 

[Ben Rhau]

The site doesn’t support video upload, so you may need to host it somewhere else and post a link.

Does she swim that way all the time, or just around the male? If the latter, female turning sideways is a common sign of sexual submission.

 

[Ben Rhau]

Thanks for posting the links. She is displaying to the male.

 

[ltadeu]

Thanks for posting the links. She is displaying to the male.

Thanks for the reply. So It looks like normal behaviour to you?

 

[Mike Wise]

Also realize that it is the female that initiates courtship, not the male. It appears that she may be ready to breed.

 

[Ben Rhau]

Thanks for the reply. So It looks like normal behaviour to you?

Yes, under the correct conditions they breed constantly. Completely normal.

 

[ltadeu]

I think that she might be laying eggs, she is looking bright yellow and a caught them courting each other and then stayed inside the hunt for at least 10 minutes.

They started doing this:

 

[yukondog]

Looks like you may have eggs, do you have brine shrimp or any other food to feed the young?

 

[ltadeu]

Looks like you may have eggs, do you have brine shrimp or any other food to feed the young?

This morning I saw her protecting the hut, that makes it almost certain that she has laid eggs.
I have some frozen daphnia but I think it is too big for the fry.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

I have some frozen daphnia but I think it is too big for the fry.

You need a small live food item for the fry, it is the movement that provokes the feeding response. I keep a <"just in case"> Banana Worm (Panagrellus nepenthicola) culture going.

If I really don't have any live food, then the mulm from your filter <"will provide Rotifers etc">.


You might be able to get Micro (or Banana) worm culture via ebay?

cheers Darrel