Mendezi family

[blueblue]

Apistogramma mendezi (santa isabel orange belly), the miserable
father is the one in the back.. he has been hit a thousand
times by the mother fish... poor him

[Milk]

Nice work BlueBlue!!!Why is it that you are spawning A.mendezi so easily and readily in HK But over here at my side,I HAVE A HELL OF DIFFICULT TIME JUST KEEPING THE EGGS INTACTS!!!!!!!!!DAMMED!!!

REgards
Milk

[blueblue]

Thanks Milk.
You are already very strong in breeding eliza and diplo!!
mendezi is actually rated as a difficult fish to spawn and breed, too.
Breeding is something stochastic which depends quite a lot on luck.
Be patient and you will succeed

[Milk]

Hi BlueBlue;

Spawning A.Diplo and A.eliza are purely lucky on my side..Nothing to talk about when i meet such an experienced breeder like you...
Well, i do notice something really funny with 1 of my A.Mendezi female..This female which is housed beside a Tank along with a pair of A.diplo and the A.Diplo are currently with fries..The funny parts is that the female A.mendezi will always goes into brood caring mode when she see fries from the A.Diplo pair..But once the fries are being herded away from the female,she will goes into her normal colouration..Till now,this female have spawn before but the eggs are always ended eaten..


Regards
Milk

[blueblue]

1. Don't be too humble

2. Yes, your observation is actually very usual.
Apistos, by its own nature, will kidnap other apistos' babies
(either for rearing or eating). Changing the colour is one way
to attract the babies to them. I remember i have some postings
on this topic somewhere...