Not as nice as some of your fish...

[fatpuffer]

but here she is:

Female apisto cac. in the ten gallon with fry:

She is very bright yellow:

Look closely...you may see some faint ouline of the babies:

Top view:

Js

 

[Mike Wise]

fatpuffer, I see an exceptional, mature female with more red on the caudal & anal fins than most females. I would bet that if the male is of the same quality, you get exception fish from her!

 

[ProF_FR]

And i see a very nice female too

Any pic of the father ?

ProF

 

[fatpuffer]

Thanks all!

Here is another "bigger" fry for previous batch with a different female...I think it is a "he" and is about 1-1.5 cm in the picture:

Here is dad when he was younger...can't find any recent photo of him:

Js

 

[ProF_FR]

Really nice !!

Thank you

ProF

 

[cageman]

Maybe not as nice as nice as some of the fish that come by here, but this is the species where most of us got the love for Dwarfcichlids from.
Nice specimens!

 

[peterK]

Male has stunning finnage! Really nice:biggrin:
Female is also beautiful. Thanks for sharing ^.^

Piotr>>>

 

[fatpuffer]

Thanks! It is fun to watch mom take the babies out and forage for food.


Js

 

[myjohnson]

Hummmmmmmmm...now I want another 10g for some fishes like that.....:wink:

 

[fatpuffer]

Question

At what size should I remove the female? The fry are still pretty small (maybe 1.5 weeks after free swimming).

THanks


Js

 

[Mike Wise]

It really depends on the female. Some will keep their fry for months. I have some Gold Aggies that have 6 month old juveniles with them - and the male! This is not common but works for this form, which is not the type A. agassizii.

I usually let the female tell me when to separate her from the fry. I usually remove the fry or female once she stops guarding them - or 4 to 6 weeks from freeswimming, whichever occurs first.

 

[fatpuffer]

Thanks Mike!


Js

 

[fatpuffer]

Bad baby picture

Js