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for my experience, all my apisto accepts bw readily without any probs.. perharps there is something wrong with the male..
I got a pair of A. agassizii "red-gold" about 2 weeks ago. So far, I have problem with the male fish.
The male fish seemed to be very picky on food. So far, I have tried granular food, frozen bloodworm, frozen mysis shrimp and live brine shrimp. The female fish will eat all type of food. The male fish is only responding to the live brine shrimp, but is not eating as much as the female.
A few days ago, the male fish is starting to hide from the female. The male fish keep hiding in the hole in the driftwood or under the E. ozelot. I have ran out of live brine shrimp for the past few days. Now the male fish look so lean that I worried that he may not last long. The female on the other hand is very active. She always try to go near the male, but the male keep chasing her away or run away from her.
Any advice from experienced apisto keepers out there.
Another question: is there any difference in the female A. agassizii from the differ color strain? They look all the same to me.
BC
for my experience, all my apisto accepts bw readily without any probs.. perharps there is something wrong with the male..
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I had a similar xperience wif my male. 2 cut a long story short, it has dropsy. Seeing an adult agas has dropsy, wif all the scales popping out still make my hair stand. Suspected it has been 2 days until I discovered it's condition n now I am worried it would spread 2 my onli adult eli.
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bclee, r u willing to try another female? I got one single red gold female if u want... I supposed some males r just too timid/shy
Sigh[] ... The fish jumped last night...
so sad.
I guess it was really intimidated by the female fish. When the male fish got cornered by the female, it acted very agitated. Maybe that's why it jumped.[
Is it because the female is too agressive? I do not want to lose another apisto when I try to get another one next week.
Thanks for the advice.
BC
I have read that if the female is yellow, it is ready to spawn. Mine is yellow. Does that explain the behavoir?
BC
bclee, how big is yr tank btw?
The apisto is in my 2ft tank.
BC
The male is not ready? Wonder if the female is trying to rape the male..LOL [] Anyway..so sorry that you have lost the male..
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really sorry u lost your male...feel really bad for u..better luck next time..[
bclee,is the tank planted? u got enuff hiding places for them? r there dither fishes? its norm for the female we get aggressive during/after laying her eggs... during this period, she will be the boss ard the tank. but it really depends on the character of the male agassizii. Not everytime u see the female do the chasing, sometimes its the other way ard. quite problematic if I may say so myself
The tank is quite heavily planted. The male was hiding quite comfortably in the driftwood under the E. Ozelot until the female invaded his territory. I guess the male was just over stressed by the "horny" female.[
I guess I will try to get another male again next week. I will look for a strong one.
BC
my offer still stand, if u like to try my female..
I also encounter the same problem. Male one also in fishy heaven now. Initially the male was chasing the female all over the place, I was pretty sure she would die soon, then suddenly the male started hiding, became picky about food, soon he stopped eating and then died. The female then began swimming around the tank, she eats all kinds of food, occasionally whacking a few of my malayan shrimps. I'm wondering why the sudden change. Didn't notice any bloating etc. Sigh....----------------
On 11/25/2002 3:46:25 PM
The tank is quite heavily planted. The male was hiding quite comfortably in the driftwood under the E. Ozelot until the female invaded his territory. I guess the male was just over stressed by the "horny" female.[
I guess I will try to get another male again next week. I will look for a strong one.
BC
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Like to add, this is my 2nd try at apistos, quite demoralising when other AQ members are breeding apistos, while I can't even keep one alive []
scooby, dun worry, most of us had experience it too.. I had a macmasteri male twice the size of the female but still died from stress when the female was in breeding mood and chased him 24/7
Thanks for the offer, Simon.----------------
On 11/25/2002 4:26:03 PM
my offer still stand, if u like to try my female..
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I think I have another go with a new male and the current female. If the female is still stressing the male, I will probably move her out temporarily until the male establish his territory. Hope that this new plan work.
BC
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Maybe you will like to try easier species like the cockatoo which is relatively problem free =)[
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I've got the opposite problem to yours, my female Juruensis is yellow but is always hiding in the inverted pot. She even try to seal the entrance with the fine gravel and seldom comes out. If she does, the male would start chasing and hitting at her, he's always prowling and waiting desperately outside her hiding spot. Hmm, not to sure when can they reconcile and start breeding
danny, remove the male first.. when the female is ready then reintro the male
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