Apistos has Spawned - Help!

I am totally over the moon! My apistos has spawned! The Cacatuoides Orange Flash!!!!

What do I do now?

 

After only two weeks of having them!

They are in a community tank with some neons, endlers and cory.

 

Gratz... let the research begin....

 

Congrats! That was quick! They certainly not wasting time and signs they are happy in their new home! :top:

 

Well done!!! if it is a new pair .... they will eat the eggs\fry at least 3 or 4 times before the real parental instinct step in. MOST ... not all, cichlids start out that way.

 

Congratulations. It is always nice to be rewarded when some thing like this happens. All your hard work and enthusiasm has really paid off.

 

Thank you everyone!

@ROEKSTE

There goes my bubble! But I'm still as excited as can be! Can't believe they spawned so soon!

Had it not been that I lifted the piece of wood to take out an algae wafer that got stuck underneath I would've been none the wiser.

@smoothoperatonlyn

I can't believe it! I'm so happy! Really hope that one or two survive! I've stuffed java moss all around the corner where she laid her eggs and as grace would have it, I picked up microworm cultures this morning for the badis, so I'll have food for them. Also started an infusoria culture last night!

What do I do with the other fish in the tank? Do I feed them to the neighbour's cat?

@Kribs - this took me completely by surprise! I've last crammed 20 years ago! Guess I will have to dust off my learning skills pretty quickly!

 

I think leave the other fish in Forr now.

 

@Dinky Its always nice to have egg's in the tank. Like I said.... you do get the odd couple that just are the best parents from the word go ... as for the other fish in the tank. Leave them in to be dater fish. This will help with the aggression between the parents so that they don't take it out on the fry.

 

@ROEKSTE

Thank you very much. It really helps a lot. She's very protective and I'm going to hope for the best. I'm just happy that she is happy enough to start breeding already.

I don't have bbs to feed them if the fry do survive, but picked up a starter culture of worms this morning and started a culture of infusoria yesterday. Will that be sufficient for them or do I need to get a bs hatchery going or go get some other foods?

 

I have breed them a few times and have used liquid fry food. Also used a very fine powder food from Tetra. LONG AGO ....

 

not sure if you noticed it on yours but from what I have read about apisto's the female will colour up (I think yellow) when it's time to get sum, it's usually a good indication that there are fry. as I say that's just what I have read if it's true IDK but congrats.

 

@Ray Port Elizabeth

From what I've read I also understood that they change colour but she did not change one bit. When I picked up the wood she was underneath and bright red eggs attached to the wood.

Thanks @ROEKSTE will phone my lfs to see what they've got in stock.

 

shows you, can't believe every thing we read lol

 

Alas, no eggs today and no fry.

Better luck next time.

@Ray Port Elizabeth - Today, with the eggs gone, she's got a yellow tint to her! - I've sure got a LOT to learn!

 

my goodness, you think they put the colours on after spawning? perhaps she is still figuring out the birds and the bees and perhaps she never got the male to fertilize the eggs due to her delayed body language? who knows hay hahaha