So as most if you know I am cleaning out and getting my tank ready for a new setup. Part of this setup is a couple new fish, to start with, Inkas! So I am at the tank this evening clearing out and moving things around, only to find my female is being harassed by a you loach, (he will be missed) so anyway the inkas made here home in a front corner of the tank under a rock being used to hold my co2 diffuser... She pops out from under to see what I am doing and she is almost glowing yellow, normally a sign that she is ready. I hunt the male down and he is chasing the angel away, who is going to a new home shortly! Here's a couple pics to try and explain the situation.
wottascore!!:rock: These are from which one of the joburg dwarf fans? LOL I think you mean :bebored: loach? There may be a chance to get you that last fish. :embarrest:Now many months later with new imports possible from specialist supplier If it's not critical to your breeding plans then would you mind emailing me for any other arrangement ?
Hey guys no, but u think I know what the problem is... I will do some tests today and see if I am right...
Try and lower the water level to maybe halfway. Then top up the following day (gradually) with soft, acidic water (ph5.5 -6) - @ 30 degrees Celsius If you use Seachem Discus Buffer, you'll achieve perfect conditions for breeding Apistos. This is what worked for me at least when i bred my A.Cacatuoides. They spawned within the same week of a water change. I noticed that the Cacatuoides eat their first clutch of eggs. There is a chance that they spawned and you didn't notice. Just wait. . .give it about 2 weeks and you'll have fry! TM
I have a cocotoidus(spelling) male and a duble sunburst female. Looks like they formerd a pair. Have them in a tank with 90% RO water at 28 degrees for 3months now also but nothing happening. They are very protective of a certain spot in the tank. The male and female defends the space feriously against the other female apistos. If they would and could breed it can make some nice offspring?
What are you feeding them @Ryno? If I can remember correctly, I only ever fed my apistos LIVE bloodworms and LIVE mosquito larvae. They were always well conditioned because of their diet. I only fed NHBS when I saw eggs. Supply them with a piece of pvc piping. They need options for a nesting site. I found that they spawned at 30 degrees but affected the ratio of MALE:FEMALE fry. R/O water is perfect! I didn't have access to such gadgets so I used rain water and Sodium Phosphate. So maybe increase the temperature to 30, and lower it once you see eggs. To my understanding, the temperature of the incubation will decide the sex of the fry. Cacatuoides are beautiful. If you cross a Cacatuoides var. Red MALE with Cacatuoides var. Sunburst FEMALE you will get some pigmentation of both parents inherited by the fry. Let me know how things go Here's my video of live bloodworms that i happened to have in a 80L bucket of greenwater TM
I feed them tetra flakes and live BS also frozen booldworm an arteneria(spelling) my ph must be low with very soft water because my HC isnt doing great. They have a few coconut caves and caves made with dragon rock
I don't see why they may not be breeding, unless, they are not a compatible pair. Lower the water level, increase temperature to 30 degrees. Then top up the water on the next day.
Will try that in the week when my water is prepped again. They must have formes a pair if they chase everyboday away from them. They even feed together. Maybe the female is a bit young still. Will experiment. Only way to learn
@Ryno I know you'll figure it out. I knew nothing about Apistos when I first bred them. No matter what the internet says, it's always what works for you that's the best. Give them time
