Re: The problem with apistos

[Brian Ahmer <ahmer.1@osu.edu>]

> I like to throw my two cents into this discussion as well.
> I currently have a very aggressive trifasciata male (the one in the 
> pictures in the TDA album) that treats his females like another male 
> .
> The pair is currently in a 10g planted tank species tank .He managed 
> to kill the first female and is working on the second one.Here's 
> what I'm doing to redirect his aggression to other fish:
> I added some Pencilfish and a viejita juvenile male as dither fish.I 
> also added more plants for hiding cover. If this won't work he will 
> be moved to another tank and only put back into the species tank for 
> spawning reasons.I don't want to loose another female.I had a psycho 
> macmasteri male ones that killed all his females.He was so 
> aggressive that I had to put him in his own tank.
> It took me a while before I bought another fish out of the 
> macmasteri group because of him.
> I guess once in a while you get that one psycho.That's two for me in 
> five years.All my other Apistogramma males were fantastic fathers. I 
> kept most of them with mom and their fry without any problems.
> Max


I had a nijsseni female that killed her first potential mate.  they 
were in a heavily planted 30 gallon.  I got her another male and she 
promptly started beating the hell out of him.  I put a clear divider 
in the tank and let them stare at each other for a week while the 
male got his confidence up.  i took the divider out and they haven't 
fought since.  happy happy joy joy!
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Brian Ahmer
ahmer.1@osu.edu
http://www.angelfire.com/or/biggestbri


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