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

[trident]

Yi Xiang,
Looks like the male is taking over the duty of the female. Maybe it's a sneaker female? kekeke just kidding.
Good luck bro.
Richard

[illumnae]

haha no such luck, think the male got tired of guarding...after zealously chasing away the female and otos for 10 hours, the male feasted on caviar.

next time round i'm definitely removing that bugger!

[PLee]

yeah better luck next time !!

All the best bro

[illumnae]

i'm going to get a betta box for that guy... have a netting cage already but it's too big for the 1ft tank i keep this pair in, so the male is going to sit in a super small cell for 2 weeks as punishment for ruining 2 batches of eggs!

[trident]

Yi Xiang,
You put the male into prison for 2 weeks that mean you have to wait 2 weeks longer for the next batch of eggs
Just remove him after the female spawned.
Richard

[illumnae]

haha thats what i meant. when the next spawn comes, he's going into prison for 2 weeks until the fries are old enough for me to remove and rear on their own...then the male gets to come out again

[galactuz]

Nope. Parenting for apistos are different from West African Dwarfs. Only the female will guard the eggs and herd them during free swimming stage.

So the female has to be fierce enough to defend her spawn otherwise the male will intimidate her and force himself into the cave to have a feast.

[illumnae]

they spawned again! hopefully i'll get 3rd time lucky and see fry this time haha =) one funny thing i noticed is that unlike my cacas, these bitaes spawn at a different location each time. i have 2 flowerpots and 2 natural caves, so far both flowerpots and 1 natural cave have been spawning sites

this time round i actually managed to see them spawning and watch the whole act very interesting indeed!

[illumnae]

after 1 night of chasing the male away, the female succumbed again and got chased into another cave. good thing i came home just as the male was entering the egg cave and fished him out and put a netting cage into the tank for him to be contained for the next couple of weeks.

the female now is still hiding in her other cave...will she go back to look after the eggs now that the male is gone?

[illumnae]

i think my female is just a bad mother =(

fished the male out already and still after 2 days she ate up her eggs...she's really yellow still though

[illumnae]

you guys are probably getting sick of hearing about my unsuccesfully breeding pair of bitaeniatas, but they just broke a new record during the 4th spawn! eggs seem to have hatched and i saw some wrigglers! the female moves the wrigglers around though, she moved house twice already is this normal?

other than breeding, this pair is absolutely perfect, and if they manage to get the brood out this time, i'll have to say that i have the perfect pair of bitaeniatas the male has grown out splendidly and looks better than anything else i've ever seen!

[leeruisheng]

That's good news. Can understand the excitement and thrills.

[trident]

congrats Yi Xiang, finally all your effort is paying off !

[illumnae]

finally, got a batch of fry from this beautilful pair! on the same day i brought home my new eliz pair as well...double happiness haha!

[doppelbanddwarf]

Congrats Yi Xiang. You must be one happy guy.

[iwishweallcouldwin]

congrats! may this batch of wrigglers grow up healthily and beautifully for you! well done!

[Cacatuoides]

Congrats Yi Xiang....finally your efforts and speculations have paid off,
now you'll need to take good care of the fries and grow them out nicely!!

[illumnae]

a not so good picture of him flaring at the female. he's still abit skittish after being released back into the tank so i was unable to get a good shot of him flaring

[trident]

Yi Xiang,
I think it's time you invite Eugene to shoot your fish again.
Have grown up nicely.
Richard

[Wackytpt]

Richard,

Why not you give it a try? Saw some of the pictures you have taken. They still pretty good. Can use it as a practise too.