Stunning Little Cichlid! - Breeding and Caring for Apistogramma Agassizii
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ก.ย. 2020
- Hey All,
Today I wanted to fill you in with how I care for and breed my apistogramma agassizii.
These dwarf cichlids come in a few different colour varieties, have heaps of personality and are fairly easy to breed.
Hope you enjoy.
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This is great, LOVE the background info on the fish' natural habitat and behaviours! This info mostly isn't given on other channels so keep it up, thanks!
Thanks so much 👍
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Just subscribed, great video learned alot!
Great looking fish and info. Thanks for the upload
Cheers 👍
Great information on these beautiful little fish! I'm sold 😍👍 I hope you had a great day and thank you for sharing! 🙏🌱🐟💚
Thank you have a great day 😊
@@BlakesAquatics 😁
Good video and info blake
It was fate I was thinking about grabbing some apistos for the first time and I am also Blake and this video randomly showed up
Awesome fish, great knowledge
Thanks 👍
They are some good looking fish
Great little fish. 🐟🌿👍😄
Thanks for watching
Great video Blake . I am thinking about getting these in the future.
Go for it!
@@BlakesAquatics father fish is on today and the topic is apistagamma is it possible u can come by and help.
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@@SOULCONQUEST sounds great. Ill be sure to tune in
Great video do you think most apistogramma breed the same. Or are each one a little different like how different would the apistogramma cacatuoides double red be to breed ?
Hey william, some vary but the common ones that are available are all the same (agasizzii, cacautoides and panduro for example)
Came back from uni after a few weeks and found that my 2 apistos have bred in the community tank and have little fry swimming around. I dont mind if this first batch doesnt survive but i would like to try and raise them up. My question is, just leave them in the community tank and feed a generous amount of baby brine or move them into a growout tank? The fry are still very small only amount 3-4mm in size.
Other than that, amazing video as usual and will be very helpful.
Thanks
Id move them. Even if they dont get eaten by other fish its better because you can more easily monitor their food intake
Hi Blake! thank you for this video I have been waiting for some info on this specific species/strain. What is your TDS in a breeding tank, Gh? KH? thank you so much! what do you feed the fry? would vinegar eels work?
hey Jonathan, to be honest I don't test any of those things, I have very soft tap water (ph 6.8, KH 0, GH 0). micro worms are a better fry food because theyll sink to the bottom where the babies are, vinegar eels will float to the top. good luck!
@@BlakesAquatics Hi Blake, My apistos had an attempted spawn. The Female was showing her belly and trying to lure the male in to her cave, and the next day she was very protective and territorial. I removed the male because I am aware that she would get more aggressive if the spawn were successful.
If the spawn was unsuccessful, how long would you recommend I wait before I reintroduce the male?
nice fish
Been thinking of getting a pair for my new fluval flex 15
Cant go wrong 😊
Blake's Aquatics just got a apisto cave too from the coop
Blake how many APISTOGRAMMA'S should I put in a 180liter or a 47.5gallon tank. I'm new to this & my tank is still cycling but I'm unsure about stocking solutions.
Personally you could get quite a few. Maybe 3 or 4 pairs. If you do just be warned it could become a thunderdome. Have plenty of caves and plants for line of sight blocks.
Quick question Blake...........can you see if Red Breasted Acaras are available around town?
They're a fish I'd like to get if I can.
Ill keep an eye out mate
Im thinking these guys might be my next tank set up....
you wont be disappointed. also sent off the other stickers today.
@@BlakesAquatics there was no need to send more but thanks....
Those are rad! I should have ordered them when I had the chance. Awesome video. Give them less to do 🤣 reminds me of living certain cities. All that there is to do is drugs sex and booze. And since they dont have drugs or booze... 🤷🏽♂️
Hahaha thanks mate glad you enjoyed
how many pairs can go in a 125L?
very informative. i just have one question: if i put apistogrammas agassizii and cacatuoides together in a tank, can they breed between themselves? do you think they can mix?
I wouldnt do it personally but i do know others that have put both of those species in a tank and had them spawn individually
@@BlakesAquatics thank you so much for clarifying that :)
Can I keep 3 different types of Apristogamma with 1:3 male and female ratio in my 120 gallons tanks ( this is a black water tank and there are lot of hidden places)
I wouldnt do it personally
They are definitely my favorite apisto but unfortunately I have really hard water and a ph of about 7.5. Are there any apistos besides caucatoides that could live in my water?
The apistos themselves would be ok its probably just that no eggs would hatch.
Could you dilute with rain water or rodi to soften?
@@BlakesAquatics I could try getting an rodi system but I don't have one now and Rain might work for spring and fall but winter it would be all snow. I could try buying distilled water and when they start to breed, use it. would that work?
What type of leaf did you say you put in for the tannins
indian almond leaves aka ketapa leaves or ketapang leaves.
Hi, who would you recommend to be their tank mates?
Pencilfish 👍
I don't know if my apistos are fighting or mating.... :-s
Blake I'm gonna set up a 40g breeder with at least one pair of apistogrammas. Any favorite tankmates brother?
Pencilfish are the traditional tankmates because their mouths are too small to eat any fry 👍
How big of a tank do you have them in
60L / 15 gal 👍
You think keeping them in sand is better or use buffering substrate to keep the ph low and stable ?
Sand is better but both work
@@BlakesAquatics have a brand new fluval spec or is that too small if so would put my new pair in either a 10 or my flex 15
@@leo2o915 flex 15 👍
My Agassizii recently laid eggs and either the female ate them or the ramshorns did..
First few times thatll happen, stick with it 👍
how often do apistogrammas breed? and do you need to do some sort of big water change to induce breeding or will they do that on their own?
Nah they will breed on their own with a suitable partner, cave and some quality food. Every month or so
@@BlakesAquatics thank you so much! is it true they will breed every 10-15 days? What do I need to feed them for them to be able to condition them for breeding. I've heard baby brine shrimp is good but im not sure
@@yeonjoonhong9833 i havent found that, ive found they breed every month typically following a waterchange.
@@yeonjoonhong9833 baby brine is great, daphnia, a few live blackworms, mosquito larvae
@@BlakesAquatics oh thank you so much! I think it's true that after conditioning them they will breed after you lower the water and then fill it back up with RO water.
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Sounds fun 👍
hey mate, what exactly do you feed them? Recently got a pair and they havent been eating as much as i would like.
Live blackworms can be great to get them going early days. I feed them all sorts of stuff, sera community crumble, drp2 (aus only), live bbs, repashy.
@@BlakesAquatics thanks mate. What about a sinking pellet or something like that? Also are bloodworms alr also?
@@forzabayer84 bloodworms are ok, pretty protein heavy so dont feed those every day. They wont go for sinking wafers or large pellets too much smaller is better
@@BlakesAquatics Thankyou so much
My male keeps hiding to the point I get worried ...is that normal?
they are pretty shy by nature, he might warm up in time.
At what age do they start to colour up please ?
3 to 6 months
Thank you. @@BlakesAquatics
What's that fish that looks like a tiny Arapaima
Golden wonder panchax
What is sneaker male?
A male showing characteristics of a female
@@BlakesAquatics so if you have a sneaker male, does this means it will not be able to pair with other female or useless male for spawning?🤔
@@AHmad-pm4pb it will pair with females only if the dominant male is removed. Its a defence mechanism
@@BlakesAquatics Thanks Blake. Most helpful.
I find apistos are prone to bloat if overfed blood worms or tubifex! But also they are prone to internal parasites because of their diet of micro crustaceans!!!!!
Id agree with that 👍
Starts out by saying that his fish are NOT naturally occurring, then immediately says "try to make the tank as natural as possible."
I get your point, but I WISH someone would line breed some apistogramma that are pretty AND can live and breed in hard, high pH water!
the fish are, the colour morph isnt, but I get your point. probably better to go with some african cichlids instead, unfortunately plants wont be an option though.