Advice on apistos

[B Considine]

I picked up a pair of borelli at the Catfish convention. Over the past week, the female has turned from a dead-leaf brown to a dark yellow, and has retreated inside a pleco cave. The male spends much of his time hovering around nearby. He is showing no signs of aggression, though the female chases him around when she comes out of the cave.

Are these signs of spawning? And if so, is there anything special I should be doing or NOT doing?

The only other occupants of the tank (a 5 gallon) are 4 corydoras bilineatus. Neither borelli has shown any aggression toward the corys that I have witnessed.

Blaise

[krisw]

When the female's bright yellow, that's a pretty good indication that eggs are in the tank. If she's protecting the cave, that's even more likely. It's odds that she's chasing the male, but not unheard of. They'll probably leave the cories alone, but it's possible that the cories might try to prey on the eggs/fry. A be forewarned, A. borelli fry grow SLOW, so if you really want to raise them, get them on live foods (baby brine shrimp, etc) as soon as their mouths are big enough for it.

[Ghazanfar Ghori]

A be forewarned, A. borelli fry grow SLOW, so if you really want to raise them, get them on live foods (baby brine shrimp, etc) as soon as their mouths are big enough for it.

You can get them to grow pretty fast if you:

1) Separate out the fry
2) Feed them live foods 2x a day
3) Keep a slightly higher temp
4) Daily water changes < important

[B Considine]

Thanks. Haven't seen any fry yet, but things sure seem to lean in that direction.

Blaise

[fredyk]

Does she look like this?

http://aquajournal.blog.com/2008/1/

I'm on my second generation.

[B Considine]

Does she look like this?

http://aquajournal.blog.com/2008/1/

I'm on my second generation.

Yep.