Trying to spawn Apistogramma sp. pebas

[North]

I have a pair of pebas that I now strongly believe to be a male & a female.

Unfortunately due to my living situation right now when I found them (I've always wanted this species so I knew I had to buy them) I had to house them in my good friends community tank. The female is bright yellow now, & the male is really starting to show his beautiful blues.

My question is what water parameters do I need to be at to encourage them to spawn & do I absolutely need to move them into their own tank? If I have to move them into their own tank, then I will have to wait another month or two before I can consider doing that. If not, then I'll just spend some time tweaking the water parameters without crashing the tank.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

 

[Mike Wise]

If you want fry you'll need to remove them to a breeding tank. Otherwise the other community members get a good meal. Water values should be pH 6.0-6.5 and moderately soft - dKH < 5°, cond. <100 µS/cm.

 

[deliriouz]

Mike is about absolutely right about getting their own tank if you want to get serious about breeding them
I have bred pebas in a community tank successfully (plecos and rainbows) but yields are low..like 2-5 surviving into juveniles.

About water parameters, I have found pebas to be very tolerant to water conditions. My ph is 7.2-7.4.

 

[North]

Thanks for the advice.

I am currently working on setting up a 10g breeder for the pebas. I think I'll try spawning them just below neutral at first & if that doesn't work I will lower to pH. I'll update this thread if I have any luck.