doubleace's Apistogramma trifasciata

[thanantosis]

wow steady huh!!!

i reserve 1 spcae for yours huh!

got to give me brother price hahah

[trident]

Hans,
Still eyeing more fishes? After you clear your Aro you should get plenty of space

[thanantosis]

errrrrr.... ha no man... if evey pair breed so soon... i will be running out of place real soon!!! ha

now im hoping doubleace fire red breed!!!

[doubleace]

Good news.. I can see some fries very tiny swimming near the husk with the mom.. Do i need to remove the male?

[thanantosis]

please remove the male!!!!!!!

and remove all fishes beside the mum!!!!

the babies got to be alive!

cause i want a pair

[doubleace]

ok i remove the male already..

[thanantosis]

good!!!!!

now take care of them

good luck!

remember to sell me brother price huh ha

[doubleace]

hahaha.. no problem.. Now the female will take care of the youngs but when will be the male turn?

[Zenislev]

The male will be whacked by the female if they're together. If not, the male will eat the youngs.

[thanantosis]

not all male will eat the young...

at biotope... thio did not remove the male at all... and fries grew up....

you can go down to biotope to have a look

[Don90]

Woah....

Yours breed so fast?

Is it because your tank is densely planted?

My Caca still no news yet......

Anyway, if the fries are large enough, sell me one male can? lol

[illumnae]

not all male will eat the young...

at biotope... thio did not remove the male at all... and fries grew up....

you can go down to biotope to have a look

yup it's true that not all males will eat the young. but it's usually better safe than sorry so most people will remove the male if they intend to raise the batch of fry i'm not too sure about this as it was a few months back, but i think i read somewhere that for a particular pair, the male actually helped look after the young

[thanantosis]

yep what the male will chew up the food into small pieces for the fries...

male will only eat up young, when there is other fishes around, and he felt threaten.

Woah....

Yours breed so fast?

Is it because your tank is densely planted?

My Caca still no news yet......

Anyway, if the fries are large enough, sell me one male can? lol

you mean me?.

my tank is not very dense planted..

but tank is in aircon room

i think im just plain lucky that they breed fast

sell you one male . yep no problem

[doubleace]

then should remove or not? But anyway the male also ever do anything he just swim outisde and when he go in the female will push him out. But the female did not fight him. Now the male is house in another tank already. Play safe if not my fries all gone dont ask why.

[thanantosis]

yep its better to play it safe...

but if my Apistogramma cacatuoides or viejita breed again. and if tank is big enough, i will try leaving the male in....

[illumnae]

my experiences with leaving the male in have always been bad =( especially the bitaeniata which is particularly aggressive...usually the eggs don't even last 24 hours

[thanantosis]

qhmmm do you have other fishes inside beside the pair?

if so maybe the male is being stress up?

[dxchen]

Have previously bred agas and borelli in their respective 1 ft tanks. If i remembered correctly i had 2-3 spawns each. I never removed the males and they have never really posed a problem. In fact, the male keeps a distance from the female (and the fry) and protects the whole area. I believe at that time people usually remove the male after spawning so as to allow it to breed with another pair.

Oh and congrats =) prepare yourself... have to be part time fish nanny before you know it =)

[thanantosis]

hmmmm what you say really encourage me to try it out next time round!

[doubleace]

I'm feeding them with bbs now. So male is to protect the surrounding if there are other fishes in it. Nevermind, this round i remove the male and see. Next round then i leave the male inside.

Must wait for how many days then i can put my male back?