illumnae's Apistogramma bitaeniata "Tefe Bauana" (Orange morph)

[illumnae]

Eugene and Richard were very kind to take time off on a Saturday morning to come take pictures for me. Unfortunately my naughty fish wasn't very cooperative so only a few shots of him flaring got taken.

[illumnae]

Some not so good shots taken with my point and shoot:

[PLee]

nice fish... though some shot not really focus

[caseyhoo]

nice fish you have there!!!!

[genes]

The yellow face is showing up well. You've got the best of both, blue specks and yellow face!

Sorry i couldn't get a shot on him while i was there. Wasen't the most cooperative fish either...must leave the flash on an acrylic and wait instead of using the hand...

To use PNS camera, you got to camp your cam in a position where the fish usually freezes, this is usually a point infront of the mirror where the male will hold his flaring position for afew seconds, snap without the build in flash to capture the colours of the fish. Because its without flash, any movement with the fish, or your camera will result in blurred pictures.

Here are some of my pics using PNS camera
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v642/genes/bauana.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v642/genes/caca3.jpg

[illumnae]

Looks like i'm gonna be a grandpa again soon. found eggs today =)

[Wackytpt]

Congrats man That is very fast news

[illumnae]

yeah i was shocked myself =) just yesterday the female was black black and looked half stressed to death by the male...today i see eggs. looks like the male got what he wanted after all

[PLee]

congrats man!!!!

Wacky... better check the pair you have and see if the eggs have or not

[illumnae]

haha yeah, wacky having even more problems with his female, maybe he'll find eggs soon too

[trident]

first the cacatuoides spawn now the bitaeniata also spawn.
you are one lucky man.

[illumnae]

haha not so lucky after all, like my first batch of caca eggs, the female has eaten her spawn up...better luck next time i guess

[genes]

If they have bred for you, they will breed again. A possibility for the female eating her eggs is that this is her first spawn and she do not know how to brood care.

With more spawns to come and experience, she will herd her fries for you soon.

[illumnae]

yup i had a similar experience with my caca where her first spawn got eaten up and 2nd spawn was particularly small...i think this is the same with discus as well where the first few spawns turn out gone or small...correct me if i'm wrong please richard =) hopefully i'll get another spawn soon!

[trident]

Yi Xiang,
somewhat similar, maybe 1 or 2 bad batches then boom time. Their breeding instinct is very good and if they spawn once, chances is that they will spawn again.
Richard

[PLee]

good luck mate !!!

[illumnae]

male's busy flaring at the female whenever he catches sight of her, if things go like how my cacas did, i expect another spawn in 1-2 weeks once the female has time to "regenerate" her eggs haha

[Cacatuoides]

congrats on the eggs bro....

For young pairs, it might take a few spawns to be successful...like what eugene said, once they spawn, they will continue to spawn regularly....

[illumnae]

came back from a short holiday today and the female was hiding as usual...went out for dinner, came back, settled myself in front of the computer and what do i see but the male and female chilling in the cave together...after awhile the female chased the male away...i looekd in and saw eggs...at least 2-3 times more than the last batch. hopefully this one's successful =)

P.S. she liked spawning in the driftwood formed natural cave over the flowerpot from teo's, for some odd reason


EDIT: Looks like this may be another failed attempt. woke up this morning and less than half the eggs were left. maybe next time i really should remove the male

[illumnae]

is it normal for the male to take over egg guarding duties from the female? he chased her out of the cave and is now chilling in there for hours on end