Are Apistos loyal to their breeding partners?

[taygu]

Hi all bros,

Just curious, are apistos loyal like pengiuns? Meaning once their pair up and has spawn before, will they pair with others if you split them?

[genes]

Read that male apistogramma mate with several females within their super territory in the wild. Not too sure if you can replicate that in captive environment.

I used to keep 2 female A.cacatuoides to a male in a 3 footer, but the male only mate with one of the female and chases the other away when in sight.

[benetay]

Apisto are harem brooders thus one male will mate with more then 1 female.

Used to do a 1:3 male : female ratio in a 6 footer.

[taygu]

Hi Thanks..

How about 1 female with few males? Or if a pair has spawned before and successful hatching of eggs and along the ways, the male up the lorry, will the female mate with another male?

[genes]

Be prepared for losses if you have many males to a female.

[taygu]

Oh, sorry for not being clear. What I meant is if a female has spawned with a male and if I removed the male and introduced another male, will the female spawned with the new male?

[mematrix]

Hi All. Some apistos are haram spawners ie A.cacatuoides, A.agassizii etc and some are predomanantly monogamas like A.panduro , A.nijssenii, A.pertensis etc and there is one i have been trying to get, to no avail, that is a reverse haram spawner, where the female gathers a haram of males ie A.spsmarged or emerald, i believe.

You just have to do research to see which are and are not. I have found that when a pair is broken up they usually do pair off with another that is available if they are compatable to each other. I have found some of my females are picky about their mates and it takes a while to get them to pair up again. The best way I found is to get both really conditioned to breed before introducing and it seems to shorten courting.

Curtis from across the pond

[taygu]

Hi, thanks for sharing.

Will try so on one of my Tri pair.