Hello,
I had a question about a pair of apistogramma borelli's that I have in a 10 gallon tank with 3 pristella tetras and 1 oto. The tank is well planted and has a couple big chuncks of driftwood. The pair "spawn", or so I think, on pretty much a bi-weekly basis. I have only gotten free swimming fry 2 times out of probably 10 or so spawns.
When I got these two apistos they were super tiny and looked identicle. They turned out to be male and female and attempted to breed in the once crowded tank. The female shows a lot of aggression towards the male almost always. I have also never seen the actual fertilized eggs because the female hides them and gaurds the vigorously.
My questions is, what is the likelyhood that I have a male and female from the same brood. Would the female attempt to keep her male brother away from her eggs to avoid incest? This has been a rising suspicion of mine after many failed spawns. Or are all female borelli's highly aggressive towards the males? Any advice on borelli's would be awesome!
Thanks alot!
I had a question about a pair of apistogramma borelli's that I have in a 10 gallon tank with 3 pristella tetras and 1 oto. The tank is well planted and has a couple big chuncks of driftwood. The pair "spawn", or so I think, on pretty much a bi-weekly basis. I have only gotten free swimming fry 2 times out of probably 10 or so spawns.
When I got these two apistos they were super tiny and looked identicle. They turned out to be male and female and attempted to breed in the once crowded tank. The female shows a lot of aggression towards the male almost always. I have also never seen the actual fertilized eggs because the female hides them and gaurds the vigorously.
My questions is, what is the likelyhood that I have a male and female from the same brood. Would the female attempt to keep her male brother away from her eggs to avoid incest? This has been a rising suspicion of mine after many failed spawns. Or are all female borelli's highly aggressive towards the males? Any advice on borelli's would be awesome!
Thanks alot!