Marc's New Apistos

[exotic_idiot]

Try JZX@amk saw they listed still got a pair..
Might be better if you call them first to confirm before heading down.

[MarcJoshua]

Hello folks, here's a pic of my Trifasciata "Female", which by now, I'm pretty sure is a female.
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[MarcJoshua]

Hey folks! Looks like I do have a pair indeed! I just saw eggs in a cave last night. Just wondering if the eggs are yellow in colour means that they're infertile. Because I sure would like to have a brood of little trifasciatas!

[Jitticus]

Congrats marc. In my experience, trifasciatas are really wonderful parents. Having said that, being cichlids also means over generalization is a potential sin.
Their eggs are also usually less intensely maroon/pink compared to say wilhelmi or iniridae. Give them a couple of days and if the female remains in brood dress then you're all set!

[MarcJoshua]

I HAVE FRIES! About 8 of them!

[joopsg]

Marc, the eggs are depend on the parents' diet.I think

[MarcJoshua]

Hmmm i see... Thanks Henry. Anyway, the fries are doing pretty fine. Just that the female seems to like to stray over to the male's side of the tank. She doesn't provoke him but more like tries to entice him to breed yet again. She approaches him with fins clasped and in a very submissive way. Anyone can shed some light on this?

[Jitticus]

Apistos, if well fed, do try to spawn in a short time after their brood has gone free swimming. If that's the case you might want to remove one or the other party, otherwise the parents will eat the fry.

[sen_jie]

Morning Jitticus!


totally agree with you. But on a normal case, will be the male wants to mate again, and will get wack by the female in the process. However for Marc case is totally the opposite. which is the female turns submissive. My obversation so far is, this maybe the doing of inbreeding and they have lost their natural instinct. What says you?

[Jitticus]

Yo, Senjie

I'm not quite sure about the inbreeding part, though, as I find trifasciata to be rather different from the rest of the apistogramma species in terms of aggression and tendency to eat their eggs.

[Csababá]

Are they less agressive and likely to eat their eggs or on the contrary?

[Jitticus]

Hi Csababa, I find that they are less aggressive and less likely to eat their eggs. So far, trifasciata are the only species I've been able to get fry from, in a community of grown up siblings.

[MarcJoshua]

Hey guys, it just got more interesting! Second batch of fries with older siblings free swimming for just 2 weeks!

[Sky_Walker]

Hey guys, it just got more interesting! Second batch of fries with older siblings free swimming for just 2 weeks!

sorry to dig out this thread. where is this JZX actual location? cant find it in the Fish Shop Directory. Btw congradz on your spawning.

[joopsg]

Its is near the S11 in AMK central. To be precise, just beside MS color.

[Sky_Walker]

Its is near the S11 in AMK central. To be precise, just beside MS color.

thanks~ they sell lots of apistogrammas?

[MarcJoshua]

Hmmm their last shipment was pretty impressive... Maybe you'd like to check the merchant advertisements and see what they're bringing in nowadays...

[SCOPE]

Congrates on your spawning!