r/apistogramma

My male Borellii had been happy and healthy since purchasing him about 5 months ago. Until suddenly this morning I saw him laying on the sand curled like this. I thought he was dead and pulled him out of the tank but I could feel him trying to move his fin so I put him into a breeder box of sorts.

The female also seems to be a little pale currently

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Parameters:

pH: 7.8

Nitrates: 0-5

Nitrites: 0

Ammonia: 0

Gh: 9

Kh: 6

TDS: 272

So I had this discussion with this employee of the fish store about keeping just a single male Apistogramma (Cacatuoides) or a single male Goldeneye Dwarf Cyclid. Mainly because I want to avoid breeding agression in my community tank.

He told me it was a bad idea, because in the end a lone cyclid wil get depressed. I never heard that before, what do you guys think?

My Apistogramma took the fattest shit I’ve ever seen she seemed bloated but now I see why

Like the title says, I'm new to Apistos. My male has been chasing my female around a little bit here and there. She's not showing any injuries, and has plenty of hiding spaces when needed. She is the only female, since I got them as a pair.

I read that the male does tend to chase the female as a way of courting her, but I wanted to double check to be sure this is the behavior I'm seeing here.

They're in a 75 gallon tank with ember and gold tetras, CPD's, and Kuhli loaches. I have had these Apistos for a little over a month now, and this behavior only started in the last week.

The other ones def a female

Hoping/thinking it’s a male and a female, there are also 4 orange chella danios as dither fish and for some life.

The tank is only about 3 days old and has just finished cycling. Red Ludwigia is planted throughout.

Setup in the replies.

I recently got an apisto ~3 months ago, and a couple days ago, I realized that she’s hiding a lot more than usual. She would often come up the glass and follow you around, but starting just the other day, she spends almost the entire day in the corner.

The first photo is before (~2 weeks ago), and the second photo is from today. She has an opaque poop(?) hanging out of her, which leads me to think either constipation or worms. Seeing that she’s not bloated, I would assume it to be worms.

Has anyone else experienced something similar, and have any treatment recommendations? I know parasite treatments can be pretty harsh, so I want to be sure that’s the issue before doing anything, but also want to catch it early.

This came as a surprise on Mother's Day no less. Have not been seeing my female Macmasteri past few days and today upon closer inspection. Noticed little fries swimming around her. She is busy patrolling the area and keeping tetras away from her brood.

Think she may have killed the male Macmasteri ad a result as well. It's my first time dealing with a breeding pair, for now have been feeding the fries with crushed freeze dried brine shrimp. But wondering if there is a need to isolate them into their own tank and how to go about doing it because they don't seem easy to catch with a net.

I previously had 2 agazezzii double reds which turned out to be males . I have gotten a new pair of Cacatuoides. Both are young. Help me sex them. Ones a female(3&4) I’m hoping the other is a young male(1&2) . What do you guys think

What would be the best Bolivian Ram group size? I have a new 80 gallon (300 liters tank), sandy substrate and no fish yet. It will be a community tank. Does anyone have experiences with groups? Or should I just get 2?

I got her from a store that ordered different pairs of killifish and they got sent an apisto instead of one of the pairs. They didn’t know what type she is and i have no idea either but i gladly took her :)

I know one is a male but the other is a female or a young male ? They are really small I bought them to grow in my aquarium but now I’m not sure

So for my new community tank I would like to have a single male Goldeneye Dwarf Cyclid. The other fish will be a group of Bolivian Rams (5-6), Lemon Tetra, Pearl Gourami and Congo Tetra. The tank is 80 gallon (300 liters), 5 feet wide (150cm), sandy substrate and well planted. Could the Goldeneye male fit in? Especially with the Bolivian Rams? And would a single male be better for less agression?