Apistogramma agassizii "Río Tefe Cacadora"

[illumnae]

I got myself a pair of these earlier on...they've coloured up really well.

[mobile2007]

Surprise, surprise...

[genes]

Congrats! Thats a very pretty looking female. Great shot of her with the fries too!

[mobile2007]

thanks genes.

[marle]

Congratulations, your female looks pretty young yet fertile!

[mobile2007]

Sorry to bro naturalmystic for using his thread.

Some updates

Got only 11 fries from the first batch survived as i didn't net them out from the tank. I was horrified to see the male chewing on body of one dead fries.

[joopsg]

He is so nicely developed...
A lot of effort put in..

[naturalmystic]

Bro mobile2007,

No worries, we're here to share our experiences.
Last week, I finally saw another female.
The first female is guarding her 4th batch now, previous 3 all became fish-food.
I guess she has more experience now, 10 fries still surviving after 1 week.
The second female had just lost her first batch last night, she'll learn

[shrimppaste]

Anyone wants to sell me a tefe cacadora male ( My male died 2 times!! I bought two times twice died twice kana attacked by the female

[joopsg]

Shrimppaste, you gotten pay more attention to your apistogrammas.
Especially when they start spawning..
Female tend to kill the male..

[mobile2007]

My 2 cents opinion, this type of agassizi is moderately aggressive. If got enough tank, best to house them in 2ft tank and lots of hiding sites. The virgin father can get very excited during the first close encounter, dancing all around the tank and chasing after the target.

[naturalmystic]

Bro shrimppaste,

I have a smaller male that is beginning to develop its colour.
and 2 even smaller males that somehow decided not to grow

Since they are housed in my 422 with lots of driftwood, I'm not promising you anything.
If I can catch any, I'll PM you.

[naturalmystic]

My 2 cents opinion, this type of agassizi is moderately aggressive. If got enough tank, best to house them in 2ft tank and lots of hiding sites. The virgin father can get very excited during the first close encounter, dancing all around the tank and chasing after the target.

I agree.
After watching Aga Netz in action, this type of aggression is a welcome sight.
The other tankmates suffer though, lots of death for my sparkling Gouramis and Dwarf Corys

[shrimppaste]

Well mine was housed in a densely planted 3ft tank and yet this still happened. Sighh.

[mobile2007]

Bro shrimp paste, just be more attentive for the male fish. If he get bullied by the female, maybe can net him out. Usually , if no other male fishes around, they grow really fast.

[naturalmystic]

Bro mobile2007,

What's the size of your fries after a month?
My dominant female is now left with 4 fries after 2 weeks, though there may be more hiding.
After 1 week of losing her first batch, my second female is aggressively guarding her cave; should be her second batch?
I observed that once the fries are free-swimming, the dominant female is no longer aggressive towards the dominant male.
The second female is giving the dominant male hell though.
Another interesting observation, when the dominant female comes face-to-face with the second female, the latter will avoid a confrontation at any cost.
This happens often as their territory is only about 10cm apart, separated by a huge driftwood.
I could spend hours just observing their behaviours

[mobile2007]

Most of them are like 0.5cm to 1 cm, after 1 month. Quite normal growth rate i think.

Interesting observations you have. That's why apisto is so much interesting right? Some people even prefer to get wild species only as they have more character.

One very interesting behaviour i witnessed, sometimes the other female fish will steal fries from another female under spawning. In the end, the fries also suffered alot of casualty.

[SCOPE]

Interesting observations you have. That's why apisto is so much interesting right? Some people even prefer to get wild species only as they have more character.

One very interesting behaviour i witnessed, sometimes the other female fish will steal fries from another female under spawning. In the end, the fries also suffered alot of casualty.

That is the poison of apisto.....if you stay long enough to be poison by these...you discover even more unique characteristics and behaviors... Sometimes even some specie....different fish behave differently from each other.

[naturalmystic]

Update on an interesting find.

The left side of my tank is totally overgrown with Peacock moss.
Some had spread to my breeding area and totally covered the DWs and the caves.
I like it, more hiding places for the future fries.
The downside is I am not able to see anything beyond the moss

Anyway, I just saw one of the females in breeding colour hovering at the top of my US Fissidens DW, height around 1.5 feet.
I observed closely and to my surprise, it made its nest smack inside the Fissidens.
She somehow made a small opening and nestled snugly right in.
It's difficult to even spot her once she's in.
I'm just wishing for the best for her fries.
Fries out in the open at that height will surely be doomed

[naturalmystic]

Been a while observing my Agassizii.
I felt pity for my beta male, seems interested to mate but never had a chance while the alpha male is around.
Set up my 1-footer as a breeding tank with a single coconut shell and placed the beta male and a beta female inside.

After 1 week, success
The beta male is being harrassed for a day now, time to throw him back to the 4-footer.

Oh ya, I found a perfect nursery for the fries - my Sakura tank.
They fed on the seed shrimps inside
On the downside, I do not see any new shrimplets at all