Daryl..... I've had as much luck as anyone with A. gibbiceps........my first spawn was about 1 1/2 years ago and it was a huge one. Maybe 120+ surrvived the spawn. 2-3 months later the original pair spawned again and then 4-5 months after that some of the original spawn again.....needless to say I had gibbiceps coming out of my ears.....but!..I found them to be much more secretive than some of the other dwarfs.......they are not so male to 3-4 female type of fish......and they like it planted and very little movement (other fish). pH a bit lower than what you're dealing with.......maybe 5.0! Good luck!!!......by the way, these are just my observations of only 3-4 spawns!! Mike