penguinleo Posted August 7, 2007 Report Share Posted August 7, 2007 Well it took 6 months. And finally today, my pair of Apistogramma Hongsloi spawned in my main 200L community tank. At first the female was a bit timid and disliked the male. But yesterday she seemed really pink in the belly and was following the male around. This morning, I found her in a new piece of wood (shaped like a hollow cave) I placed in the tank a few days ago. The good thing is that the hole is very small so the larger fish can't get at the eggs (e.g. Torpedo barbs, discus). It seems pretty dark in there though and I hope that the male could have fit in to fertilise the eggs for the female. It's their first spawn so I don't expect a successful first spawn but I will keep my fingers crossed! I'll also post some pictures if I can remember to do so (although they won't be much to see...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BK Posted August 9, 2007 Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 How are they going. Keen on a swap when they are bigger with http://www.apistogramma.com/cms/index.p ... &Itemid=44 Got any photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguinleo Posted August 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 So far so good. The female is still guarding the eggs well, and fortunately haven't eaten them. They should probably hatch tommorow afternoon or on Saturday morning...Um, are those Umbrella dwarf cichlids? I will update a photo of the male asap. The female is in the cave with the eggs so I can't get a good photo of her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BK Posted August 9, 2007 Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 borelli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguinleo Posted August 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 Apologies for the late reply. I got a bit unlucky. On the 3rd day of my female holding the eggs, I found one of my female GBAs in the spawning cave, by the looks of it munching on the eggs. The female was fiercely fighting off the GBA but you know those stubborn amour plated catfish. So as a result, the first spawn was failure. But hopefully they will spawn again a few weeks. The female looks keen too. Here are some photos of my Apistogramma Hongsloi (Parents) like requested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 great pics, nice fish!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 Bad luck there PL, but at least it wasn't her that ate the eggs. Guess there will be a bit of a change around for the not so happy but wanna be fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antwan Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 Beautiful photo's of a beautiful fish. Good buy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguinleo Posted August 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 Thanks for the comments everyone. I don't know how I managed to get that photo that nice... I know I should not really keep GBAs in a dwarf cichlid tank.. :lol: but since they are just going for it I will leave them for a while. P.S: Hey Antwan, haven't seen you around for a while. How's uni doing you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antwan Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 Hey man, uni's keeping me busy but it's a lot of fun, sucks not being able to keep fish though, maybe next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BK Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 Keen when you have some available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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