Apistogramma hongsloi II

[genes]

Congrats eman! Remove the male or the fries to ensure higher survival rate. Don't let the fries go to waste.

So its back to hatching bbs again huh?

[Cacatuoides]

Thanks Eugene, really miss those days of hatching bbs everyday to feed fries....will definitely do what it takes to make sure these fries survive and grow up!!
Luckily there's the hatchery dish in hand, gone were the days of constantly bubbling sounds and salty feel...

[iwishweallcouldwin]

congrats eman! you must be feeling super happy now huh? take good care of the fries and do update us constantly about their progress! Well done!!

[Cacatuoides]

Thanks Clinton! Darn happy to be able to successfully breed this pair as a lot of things happened....

The female was not well and almost died but manage to cure her.....then the male kept chasing her till she turn black, luckily she survived through all this and eventually became a very good mother....I'm happy for her too!


Fries too small, can't see them....but the female's colors look superb!!

[iwishweallcouldwin]

haha guess sometimes certain female pieces need to be toughened up first before they can spawn! well, glad to hear your success story, and check out her super black ventrals!

[Cacatuoides]

I was rather afraid that she might not make it after so much harassing and chasing by the male, glad she made it and even bred.....

So far she's been herding and protecting the fries very well....i left the male in the same tank as he was nice and quiet on his own at the far corner of the tank, no need to scoop him out.... fries has been growing very slowly, at least they're taking a few bbs....i guess they are one of the slower growing apistos? Anyone have any experience raising this species of fries?

[leeruisheng]

I do. I also discovered the same thing as you did about not removing the male. The male did not harass the fries. But there was an incident. At that time the fries were independent and 8mmTL. I was feeding the hongsloi family and the male was the most aggressive and fast in snatching food. His actions were so fast that he gulpped a fry by mistake. Thought that he will spit out but no.

[illumnae]

i remove males for 2 reasons..firstly because after awhile he may harass the female to breed again and thus stress her to the point of eating the fry. secondly because with the increased aggression shown by the female, the male's beautiful fins and tail may get ripped, which is something i want to avoid

[Cacatuoides]

Guess I'm going to remove the male for the above reasons, never what might happen overnight....better protect this batch of fries!! thanks guys!

[Cacatuoides]

Some Updates:
- Fries from 1st batch are left alone in their tank
- Eggs from 2nd batch have just turned wrigglers yesterday, brood size seem larger this time.....male and female are in same tank by divided by a transparent partition, both are growing healthy and colors are getting nicer & nicer!!

[iwishweallcouldwin]

wow a second batch already? well done!

[Cacatuoides]

Actually not so healthy to have the next batch so fast....its a 2 week cycle
Going to put the female on holiday after this batch....
Now I just keep pumping her up and feeding her well...

only spotted 2 fries from the 1st batch

[iwishweallcouldwin]

This may be a dumb question but why is it not good for them to breed so soon again? Please enlighten me... Thanks...

[illumnae]

breeding takes alot of energy

[iwishweallcouldwin]

oh ok. in that case i think common sense will suggest that the pair needs to be beefed up again before they spawn once more.. thanks for the info.

[Cacatuoides]

Yupz, agree with YiXIang...

you will also notice that the belly of the female will get sunken after she laid her eggs,
thats why it is important to beef her up nicely before the next spawn

Crossing my fingers to see free-swimming fries in the next 2 days!!

[illumnae]

all the best bro!

[Cacatuoides]

Thanks bro, I stole a quick peek into the cave just now, saw the wrigglers with their cute little tails....they're still small, so i think it'll take them another 2 more days to talk a walk out with their mom

[Cacatuoides]

Good news is that the pair is starting to take the decap. BS eggs good because the female is a picky eater who doesn't take flakes while the male does....

Did a major overhaul of the fries tank today to make way for a bigger tank....managed to scoop out 5 healthy fries from the first batch...have transferred them into a 1.5ft tank for them to grow out

Quite excited over the new tank, although just half feet more in width, the whole tank looks so big!! awaiting to put in new apistos in it!! Did a partition, each is 30cm x 45cm, planning to put in 1 pair in each partition pictures coming soon!

[illumnae]

congrats!

strange that your fish took so long to start taking decapsulated BS eggs. all my fish from discus to apistos to tetras and even apisto fry have always fed greedily on the eggs even the first time they see it in their lives but whatever the case, good thing she's eating it now it's one of the more nutritious forms of staple food available, and semi-natural too!