How many babies do apistogramma have?
The female will lay up to 80 eggs on the roof of her cave and spend from 2 to 5 days guarding her cave and tending to her eggs until they are ready to hatch. When the fry do hatch, she will lead them out of the cave to find food.
How can you tell the difference between male and female apistogramma?
Males have much brighter colours than females, their fins are longer and they grow slightly larger and skinnier than the females. Females are smaller and plumper in the belly area and have shorter fins. Females are mostly shades of brown, silver or grey in colour, with black highlights and barring.
How many apistogramma can you keep together?
It’s best to keep more than one Apistogramma in the tank. More females are preferred, as males tend to show signs of aggression. Common options are to keep bonded pairs together or do a harem grouping with multiple females to one male.
How do you breed an apistogramma Viejita?
Soft, acidic water is required to get Apistogramma viejita to breed. Small, frequent water changes will often induce spawning. Approx. 40 eggs will be laid in a batch and the female will protect these, the male will stand guard of the spawning site.
How often do Apistogramma lay eggs?
So onec every 3 weeks.
Can you keep 2 male Apistogramma together?
A 1+ meter long tank should be able to have 2 males with their own territories.
Can you cross breed apistogramma?
Species from different species-group are very unlikely to cross. Any fry that hatch are not likely to survive to adulthood and more than likely to be sterile. I wouldn’t worry about crossing the 2 species. A bigger problem would be separating juveniles of the 2 species, if both were together in the same aquarium.
Can you mix Apistogramma Rams?
While not especially aggressive Apistogramma are still cichlids. They will be territorial and will occasionally chase intruders, especially other cichlids like Blue Rams. What is this? And when breeding expect the pair to become even more intolerant.
Can I keep different types of apistogramma together?
If you plan to breed your apistos, I definitely don’t recommend 2 different species/tank. It is not for fear of cross-breeding, but for the problems it often causes that leads to lower survival rates of the young. Instead, keep a male and 3 females of the same species or remove a pair to a smaller breeding tank.
Can blue rams live with apistogramma?
While not especially aggressive Apistogramma are still cichlids. They will be territorial and will occasionally chase intruders, especially other cichlids like Blue Rams.