jordan Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 I'm thinking at having a go at my spawning nijseeni. I've heard that you need a Ph of 6.5. My question is is really necessary to adjust the ph to spawn them? because i've never done this before. jordan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 It may not be neccessary for spawning them Jordan, but for them to hatch and survive could be a bit of a different story. It could depend also as to how far the parents are removed from their wild captured ancestors. Normally the nearer, the harder and more demanding. Put peat into an air operated corner, box filter, this will gradually bring down the pH and if you were to use half rain water, I'd see your chances improving with your breeding attempts. Good luck Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 If you google them you should find alot of information, I have read somewhere about apisto's just to give them a crack in whatever water you do have and see what happens, as alan has already mentioned the general opinion I have found is that PH etc isn't too important for making them spawn but for fry survival and some say that in certain water conditions you will get a varied proportion of sexes of fish.. Good luck with them and make sure you post again letting everyone know what you did and how your getting along.. lol and if are successfuly how do you think the fish would travel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserole Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 Hi Jordan I have had some limited success at breeding my pair of panda Apisto's. water conditions: there kept and breed in are Ph 7.2 GH 30ppm, spawning site: 150mm up sided down terracotta flower pot with a hole in the lip for access, tank:300mmx600mmx300m, standard 2ft tank. If you read this link it is recomended a lower Ph and GH. http://www.apistogramma.com/cms/index.p ... &Itemid=44 If kept warm and feed good food(live food or similer)they should breed every 14 days. But as mentioned in the link, this species can be very difficult, you do need a compatible pair other wise they will ripe each other a part. I kept my pair in there breeding set up for 2 months seperated my a mesh devider untill they begain there spawning dance, before that the female tryed to murder the male every time she saw him. As mention my success has been limited, I am about to change the conditions to the ones metioned in the link to see if this helps with a higher hatch rate. p.s do you have any other Apistogramma species?? good luck Stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserole Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 one thing I forgot to mention is that it can be very difficult to tell when they have spawned, as the female is always yellow, the thing to look for is a slite change in the yellow - from deep to every so slitey washed out yellow, I noticed this change in my female this morning and blow me down checked the pot and sure enough there were brite red eggs clusted to gether high in the pot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted January 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 p.s do you have any other Apistogramma species?? I also have a pair of A.trifasciata Put peat into an air operated corner, box filter, this will gradually bring down the pH and if you were to use half rain water Is that as in a soil or are you talking about peat moss? and can I have the fish in the aquarium while i'm doing this? jordan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserole Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Jordan Alan is talking about peat moss. however it may not be that easy for you. What Alan said is true in most cases as the water in NZ in mostly neutral and soft so adding peat moss will make it acidic and very soft. From other posts i've read some of CHCH water is hard and alkaline. to see if peat in the filter would work for you, you will have to check your water Ph and GH(general hardness). If your water is very alkaline and hard you will have to soften the water by RO or resins or use rain water with just a very small amout of tap water to stablise the Ph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted January 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 yeah the water at my place is alkaline, ph of 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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