Apistogramma agassizii

[yanke]

hi
i got a pair of Apistogramma agassizii
well i thing they are a pair
how big do they have to be before u
can sex them
the small 1 is about 2-2.5cm thats the 1 i think is a female
and the bigger 1 is about 4-4.5cm thats is a male i can see the color

and how big do they have to be to spawn
any help will be good
seeing how this is the first time i had them
i have africans for yrs but this is my frist time
for the S.A. dwerves
o my p.h. is about 6.6-6.8 right now
i used half of tank of new water and half
of water out of my angels tanks to set it up
with and a old box filter i had running in the angel tank also
thanks
yanke (paul)

[steph]

Hi Paul

Sounds like you most likely have a pair, the smaller one could be a female, there is quite a bit of size difference between the sexes. A pic would help but a female will have a rounder tail not a pointy (lanceolate) tail, be mostly yellow with a black lateral stripe and have black on the leading edge of the ventral fins.

Breeding should be OK in pH of 6.5ish with softwater (probably a bit more important) provide several small caves and feed well to condition, feed live and frozen food if you can but stay away from blood worms. Provide a few target/dither fish to keep them occupied.

Apistos are more sensitive to water quality than africans in my experience however arent that messy so dont create a huge bioload like the bigger Central Americans. The one thing I really like to do is provide a sand substrate as they are really love to sift through it.

HTH

Steph

[yanke]

hi
well she has a rounded tail
but i see no yellow
well maybe she to small to color up
yet
and the dorsal fin is rounded also if that helps
ill try to get pic up but don't know how to
Paul (yanke)