Re: galaxy sp

[Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>]

Gary,

I, too, have a female stays in brood color for months. She is a "big blotch" A. panduro
(like Oliver L. once sold) that lives in a 12 gallon tank with a similar female that
until recently exhibited the masculine dark caudal wedge. Go figure.

Mike Wise

Frauley Elson wrote:

> Hi,
> I have one of the apparently many fish travelling under the "sp galaxy" banner. I
> have my first fry as of yesterday, which is pleasant. I was lucky enough to watch the
> actual spawning, and made use of the night-light trick Mike Wise mentioned in one of
> his posts this morning to help the female in her guarding.
> What I have found interesting is the female. I've had the fish for a couple of
> months, and the female has been glowing an unrelenting lemon yellow since the first
> week. The spawning 11 days ago was their first, as they are in a 15 gallon designed
> for photos, and there is nowhere they could have put eggs without me seeing them.
> And, no, I didn't get photos...
> I've had nannochromis females torture the breeder in me by appearing set to spawn for
> weeks without doing anything. But I've never had an apisto lock into breeding colour
> for 2 months without spawning. The pair courted constantly, and seemed to get along
> famously. They are also intensely territorial with both their pencil fish dithers and
> the norberti in the next tank.
> Has anyone else seen similar Apisto female behavior/long term colour?
> -Gary
>
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