apistogramma panduro problem

[fishme.]

this is a friend's apistogramma panduro as you can see half of its mouth is missing probably after a fight with the fem which is guarding fry

are they so agressive or is it just this fem?

the fish is eating and behaves normally

 

[Mike Wise]

A. panduro is one of the more aggressive apistos, but this kind of damage is very unusual. This species usually forms a temporary pair bond when they have eggs & fry. Your friend's fish may not have been bonded well enough. Hopefully the male does OK. He's a nice looking fish.

 

[fishme.]

thank's for the answer Mike

 

[gingerbeer]

I have had at two different times this happen to me. Both times was the male and a cranky female. I suspect both times the male wasn't as readdy to breed as the female.

One was in a four footer and one in a two footer so wasn't space. Both time fungus set in real quick and they keeled over real quick.

Watch out for fungus - can be pretty quick to kill.