Re: Apistogramma hongsloi "project"
My hongsloi pairs are... keeping on. The pair that's spawned about five times was either spawning this morning or will have spawned by this afternoon if I had to guess. Lots of heavy courting and the female trying desperately to get the male to follow her back to the cave. He was watching her through the doorway for a long time last night, I'm assuming she was cleaning and he was guarding. This morning she was trying VERY hard to get him to follow her, but he was acting pretty close to uncaring. It's funny that he spends nearly his entire existence showing off for her when she's not hiding from him. And as soon as she reciprocates he seems to check out. Maybe this is normal, but it's really strange to watch. So hope to see another spawn attempt with them. The other two pairs, one seems close to spawning, they are ALWAYS together and she is pretty flirtatious anymore. Third pair I am increasingly suspecting of being two males, one just suppressing his colors. I think I'll move the known male to QT or maybe just down to the community tank below and let him chase tetras around for a bit while I see if "she" is actually a he. What would be remarkable is that the male absolutely treats his partner as though she is a female.
On the right, the one I think seems quite male-ish. Though the slash through the cheek, I think, is indicative of a female.

The frisky lady last night...

My dogs do the same thing through the cat door while I'm in the basement working with the fish.

I also won a pair of Apistogramma Abacaxis which I received this past Friday.
This is the father:

Credit to the breeder: https://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auct...sto&1681050711
These little things are hide-and-seek masters. I have seen them only a handful of times, but they are becoming a little more tolerant of me. And the cats don't seem to bother them and they're down there all the time. So hopefully they continue to get a little more bold.
I'm working on dropping their pH as they like it low, I believe the breeder said his spawned at 4.5.
The pair from across the room:

Started with some tannins a couple of days ago.
My hongsloi pairs are... keeping on. The pair that's spawned about five times was either spawning this morning or will have spawned by this afternoon if I had to guess. Lots of heavy courting and the female trying desperately to get the male to follow her back to the cave. He was watching her through the doorway for a long time last night, I'm assuming she was cleaning and he was guarding. This morning she was trying VERY hard to get him to follow her, but he was acting pretty close to uncaring. It's funny that he spends nearly his entire existence showing off for her when she's not hiding from him. And as soon as she reciprocates he seems to check out. Maybe this is normal, but it's really strange to watch. So hope to see another spawn attempt with them. The other two pairs, one seems close to spawning, they are ALWAYS together and she is pretty flirtatious anymore. Third pair I am increasingly suspecting of being two males, one just suppressing his colors. I think I'll move the known male to QT or maybe just down to the community tank below and let him chase tetras around for a bit while I see if "she" is actually a he. What would be remarkable is that the male absolutely treats his partner as though she is a female.
On the right, the one I think seems quite male-ish. Though the slash through the cheek, I think, is indicative of a female.
The frisky lady last night...
My dogs do the same thing through the cat door while I'm in the basement working with the fish.

I also won a pair of Apistogramma Abacaxis which I received this past Friday.
This is the father:
Credit to the breeder: https://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auct...sto&1681050711
These little things are hide-and-seek masters. I have seen them only a handful of times, but they are becoming a little more tolerant of me. And the cats don't seem to bother them and they're down there all the time. So hopefully they continue to get a little more bold.
I'm working on dropping their pH as they like it low, I believe the breeder said his spawned at 4.5.
The pair from across the room:
Started with some tannins a couple of days ago.
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