Odd behavior

[aarhud]

My Apistogramma Macmasteri are acting like wet pets after being in a crowded 125g for the past several months. I gave the pair a 48" tank a month ago with leaf litter, several spawning caves, and 6 guppies. No interest in spawning and they beg for food any time I pass the tank. Not even afraid of my hand. To top it all, the tank is on the bottom rack. Extremely annoying. I have never had Apistos act like this, which is one reason I love them. Frustrating, I thought these would be an easy spawn.

 

[Cooder]

Haha, this is the first time ive heard of anyone complaining about there fish acting like pets! Quite funny actually.

Are you sure they are a pair? They might need to get used to the tank before they spawn if they are a pair? Good food, good water and a suitable spawning site is all it really takes...

 

[aarhud]

Haha, I have never came across Apistos that are so bold. Yes, they are a pair. They actually spawned before in the 125g, but the tank was so crowded that nothing came out of it. I have a pair of A. baenschi in a 48" tank right above them that spawned yesterday. The female mac is not even yellowed up or checking out the spawning areas. Maybe they will surprise me if I just quit paying attention to them. Water is 250 microS and fish are fed a mix of NLS and Grindel worms.

 

[Supercorygirl]

Have you thought of doing a WC on the macmasteri with water from the spawning pair tank? I've kick started a few reluctant corys this way.

 

[Cooder]

Have you thought of doing a WC on the macmasteri with water from the spawning pair tank? I've kick started a few reluctant corys this way.

Or just a water change in general will often do it.

 

[Supercorygirl]

The WC from the spawning tank will have the pheromones whereas the regular won't.

 

[aarhud]

Im adding brine shrimp to the diet, raises the tank temp slightly, and moved all of the decor around.