New Apisto Tank.

**sheng** · 17th Apr 2006, 16:45

it seem to me that the male is ready

but the female is not

**benetay** · 18th Apr 2006, 19:12

If you want to quicken the spawning effects, what you can do is condition the female for a few days to weeks before introduction of the male...very good method...

Esp for those apisto who don't seem to be interested in spawning.

**Cacatuoides** · 18th Apr 2006, 22:45

Hi ben, maybe you would like to further explain what you meant by conditioning of the female?

**benetay** · 19th Apr 2006, 15:11

Conditioning means getting the female ready to spawn. Give the female good food high in carotene and good water.

So what i can suggest will be giving more BBS eg: feeding more but lesser potion, small water change every 2 days or so.. after about 2 weeks of doing so it'll be ready some how .

**taygu** · 19th Apr 2006, 15:54

Hi Benny,

Do I need to transfer the female to another tank?

**benetay** · 19th Apr 2006, 18:44

Originally Posted by taygu

Hi Benny,

Do I need to transfer the female to another tank?

Theres a benny here too so to avoid confusion, will be better to stick to benetay...thanks

Transfer the male to another tank instead if you're breeding the pair in that tank.

Meaning the tank you want the spawn to take place, the female should be in there and the male in some other tank.

Hope that helps!

**taygu** · 20th Apr 2006, 17:10

A piece of good news, I saw eggs in the "cave" hiding.

What happened was the female was seen guiding the cave and not letting the male go near it. So today, I used a torchlight and shine into the cave. On the drift wood, I saw bunch of eggs but not sure how many of it. Hopefully they are all fertilised.

**sheng** · 20th Apr 2006, 19:10

Congrate!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that really a great piece of good news

**CacaManiac** · 20th Apr 2006, 20:46

my male Caca has been Dancing Furiously since the Female got introduced!
Hope i get Spawn soon as well!

**taygu** · 21st Apr 2006, 08:08

Thanks Sheng.

Cacamaniac, good luck to you...

**sheng** · 21st Apr 2006, 08:40

Be patient, time will come to you

Originally Posted by CacaManiac

my male Caca has been Dancing Furiously since the Female got introduced!
Hope i get Spawn soon as well!

**joe** · 21st Apr 2006, 08:58

Grats!!! I hope mine will spawn soon

**sheng** · 21st Apr 2006, 09:20

Seem like all too eager to get their apistos into spawning

may your wish come true

**CacaManiac** · 21st Apr 2006, 10:56

well we all wanna create the best environment so that they feel comfortable to spawn.. it makes the experience a whole lot more fulfilling ya.
seeing them parenting would rock.

**Cacatuoides** · 21st Apr 2006, 12:41

I agree with cacamaniac, the environment, tank settings and water parameters are very important other than just getting our beloved apistos to spawn, without such important factors, even if our apistos do spawn, trouble might arise and the whole cycle from spawning to raising of fry would be broken eventually.....

my 2 cents

**taygu** · 18th Jun 2006, 10:24

The forum seem to have quiet down a lot.

Hope this little good news can help to spice thing up.

My pair of apisto have finally succeeded in spawning and is having about 8 babies now

. This is their third spawning.

**sheng** · 18th Jun 2006, 16:44

Yup, the apisto fever have seem to have cooled down.
Congrate to your new born

**taygu** · 3rd Aug 2006, 11:48

Just thought that I should update the progress, the fries is about 1.5cm now

but mother have left them for good

. Feeding them with dry food, frozen BBS, live BBS and and lice daphnia.

I have bought a cheap pair of aga from C328 weeks back but the agressiveness of the male

has forced me to separate the pair. Now I am trying to condition for female first before I re-introduce it back to the male..

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