Reply With Quoteyes, during spawning, i observed this fish seldom eat. In my tank, they spawned like a normal apisto(probably due to the substrate i use).
First time parents, so brood wasn't big. Only a few survivors.
Any bros here have/had their Barlowi spawned before and can share some experiences?
I have a pair and I guess the female spawned, she's very yellow now, and the male never attacked her since she started wearing her " bright yellow dress". One thing she's different now is her mouth is always shut and she seldom eat. However I watched her ate once and that amused me; her mouth was shut all the while but when she saw food, she swam back to her cave (to deposit her eggs/fries I suppose) and came back gasping her mouth and ate the food. I thought I was lucky to be able to see this Apisto mouthbrooder spawn. However I would appreciate someone to enlighten : is she carrying eggs or fries in her mouth? How soon will she release the fries from her mouth to let them free swimming?
Thanks in advance.
My fish list:
BEC, L14, L27c goldline, L27d goldline thunder, L27 xingu platinum, L47, L90a, L160, L190, L200A, L239, L255, L330, L418,
Steatocranus casuarius, Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma, Hyphessobrycon sp. White Fin, Puntius denisonii, Hyphessobrycon columbianus, Hemigrammus rythrozonus,
Satanoperca Daemon, Geophagus sp. ‘tapajós red head’, Geophagus steindachneri
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yes, during spawning, i observed this fish seldom eat. In my tank, they spawned like a normal apisto(probably due to the substrate i use).
First time parents, so brood wasn't big. Only a few survivors.
Adoketa, Breitbinden, Paciquamis, Diplotaenia, Elizabethae, Mendezi, Inka, Agassizi, L046, L066, Crystal Red Shrimps
Thanks Marle, now that I know its normal that she doesn't eat that often, I won't be worry about it.
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Most of the food was left uneaten. I wonder what they feed on sometimes
Adoketa, Breitbinden, Paciquamis, Diplotaenia, Elizabethae, Mendezi, Inka, Agassizi, L046, L066, Crystal Red Shrimps
Mine hardly have uneaten food because the male is always hungry and i feed them more on fbw and live bs because they are less crazy over pellets.
I hate those uneaten food as I lost quite some fishes because of that.
The female and her brood.
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superb picture!!!
Adoketa, Breitbinden, Paciquamis, Diplotaenia, Elizabethae, Mendezi, Inka, Agassizi, L046, L066, Crystal Red Shrimps
Pretty.. i am waiting.... haha
Thanks for sharing my joy
How is the survival rate thus far?
I see around 20 fries growing bigger day by day.
Wow, good good! i day should pay you a visit to see your collection.
Cheers
do you have any fry of this fish or an extra female,where are you located,thanks.
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