Re: bitaeniata spawn!

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

Eric, Kathy, & Kacey,

I used to breed A. bitaeniata many years ago when it was about the only apisto I
could get at the LFS.  I found males to be very pushy and never had any real luck
with young pairs.  My best success came when I paired up young females with big
over the hill males who could just get up enough energy to spawn.  My females
were always spooky, so I'd leave a dim night light on their tanks for the first
week or two.

Mike Wise

Darren J. Hanson wrote:

> > ObApisto:  Did Kathy or I mention we got our bitaeniata to spawn
> > recently?  Very interesting: for the first 1-2 weeks, the female guarded
> > them, but now the male has taken over and is beating the female up &
> > chasing her to the corner.  He is also doing a very good job at caring for
> > the fry.
> Congratulations! I spawned them a few years back and found that even my
> male changed his coloring when protecting fry. I don't know if anyone
> else has seen this or it was just the male I had. My female cared for
> the 'kid's for the first 2 weeks and then let the male pitch in and
> help. They had several batches and I didn't have any problems with the
> male going after the female. Hopefully your female will decided to come
> out of the corner when it is time to respawn. I, myself, would remove
> the male and let the female get back to caring for her young.
>
> JMO
>
> Kaycy
>
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