This is the second spawn for these guys
That's a very pretty fish Pat. Do you have any of the other apistogramma species?
Quote from: PaulineMi on November 19, 2015, 09:40:27 AM
That's a very pretty fish Pat. Do you have any of the other apistogramma species?
I do Pauline, I have A. Elizabethe. I started with a pair and lost the male last week (he was a beauty) :( I contacted my source who had a some few left and now I have a group of six, two males and four females in a 50. Here's the male I lost. I hope the other males mature as nice.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/607/21260188176_f73908ca0a.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/yoG2fy) (https://flic.kr/p/yoG2fy) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/129594174@N08/)
Very nice indeed. I've often though that if I ever got back into cichlids it would be with Apistos. |^|
Dennis
They are pretty. I've never had the urge to do cichlids other than angels....but if I do, it'll be the smaller species...
Thanks Jon and Dennis, the females are awesome parents. This female stayed with her first batch until she showed no interest in the fry.
Pat
Another looker Pat. Very nice.
The fry have grown a lot in a week.
Very nice....they look really good and growing nicely too.....nice job, Pat |^|
Fantastic video! Fry are looking great. Thanks for sharing with us!
Dennis
Quote from: Mugwump on November 29, 2015, 06:50:53 AM
Very nice....they look really good and growing nicely too.....nice job, Pat |^|
Thanks John, the pair are in a 40 breeder with this spawn seems to growing faster then the first spawn...but then the first spawn happened in a 10 in which was the QT for the pair. :(
Pat
Really nice video. Awesome fry. |^| |^| |^|
Quote from: BallAquatics on November 29, 2015, 06:55:03 AM
Fantastic video! Fry are looking great. Thanks for sharing with us!
Dennis
Thank you Dennis :)
Quote from: wsantia1 on November 29, 2015, 06:56:08 AM
Really nice video. Awesome fry. |^| |^| |^|
Thank you too Willie :)
of course every time that I see 'A. Agassizi' ....I think of...
(http://cache.20minutes.fr/photos/2009/11/06/andre-agassi-story_3-diaporama.jpg)
Quote from: Mugwump on November 29, 2015, 07:15:39 AM
of course every time that I see 'A. Agassizi' ....I think of...
(http://cache.20minutes.fr/photos/2009/11/06/andre-agassi-story_3-diaporama.jpg)
Hmm...like my male better |^|
He wishes he was still that young LOL
Dennis
Quote from: BallAquatics on November 29, 2015, 08:37:49 AM
He wishes he was still that young LOL
Dennis
don't we all....LOL......but his matches with Sampras were classics...I think I read somewhere that he wore a wig....he was loosing his hair early?????
Also have a group of A. Elisabethe. This young male may amount to something.
Pat, I've had several Apistos in the past 3 years. They're an interesting and beautiful genus. How long have you been keeping and breeding them. Around here in our club the A. cacatuoides have been running rampant in their different color intensities..red, double reds, triple reds, orange flames, etc. Kinda like guppies, but not quite as many variations....yet!
Once you get away from that species, I really think the A. agassizi is one of the better looking ones due to the fact that the female colors up so yellow for spawning. I kept mine in a 55 community tank and the young only made it so far, even though the parents exhibited the typical parental care behavior with them.
How many and which species are you keeping?
I want a fish room again!!!!!
Hi Ron, I have only had apistos about six months now. I do have a pair of A. agassizi who have a second spawn which about a week old. You can see the agassizi pair in this video with their week old fry.
I have some juvies from the first spawn and they are starting to show gender differences now. The first spawn is about four months old. So I current only have the agassizi pair and I have six of the a. elisabethe; two males and four females. I have about ten juvies from the first spawn and guesses the second spawn is about 40.
I agree these are beautiful little fish and love the parental care.
Pat
I know a couple things need to change in this tank. I have a group of six A. Elizabethae; two males and four females. Also in this tank is three of my F1 A. Agassizii The fish are in a 50 gallon tank. Need to remove the three F1s and the lowest ranking male and female A. Elizabethae. I do beleive the female in the center cave is coming into spawn mode however.