totally stoked, apistogramma cacautoides "orange" fry!

[msjinkzd]

I just picked my pair up a few weeks ago at a conventiona nd they spawned already. i am totally stoked, this is my second set of apistos to spawn within teh past few weeks. Watching how they parent is my favorite part, these females deserve a medal! Anyway, here are a few pics of poor quality, lol

 

[Toxic Fish 9999]

that si awsome cant wait to see more pics just woundering why is it orange the water every thing in the pic looks orange

 

[msjinkzd]

its a blackwater tank so its so full of tannins the tank lights make everything look brown/orange. Here is a picture of the species which I did not take:
mine are actually a bit nicer than this example but they are called orange because the males have bright orange fins:

When I have time, I will pull the male out into a dip and pour to get shots of him. My pair are really really n ice with great banding as well as the vibrant fins.

 

[Toxic Fish 9999]

ooo ok i was goin to say you have a poblem but i love the colors on him

 

[BigPic]

Fantastic! I wish my water could support breeding Apistos!

 

[msjinkzd]

I didn't think mine could either. My pH is 8.0 out of the tap with a gh of 10 kh of 14, so moderately hard at least. I put in several small new pieces of malaysian driftwood, about half a dozen indian almond leaves, and the coconut hut for their spawning place. I conditioned with live foods and they spawned. my baenchi upstairs spawned as well. So far, apistos have been super rewarding for me!

 

[Pharaoh]

Congrats!

 

[darth pike]

It is kind of strange seeing cac's in a blackwater tank. They come from water very similiar to your tap water msjinkzd ... pH 7.6, gh 12 Kh 14 ... they obviously don't care though, nice job!!

 

[msjinkzd]

yea, i know they don't care about the almond leaves (which do nominal shifts to pH andhardness anyway) but the fry graze on the infusoria produced anyway, lol. I add those and alder cones to any tank I am hoping will have fry.