How to Breed Apistogramma: Getting the Eggs (Part 1) 

You can use the water a dehumidifier collects, it’s nice and soft as it’s condensed from the air. I live in an area with really hard water and this is the most convenient method I’ve found.

I just wanted to say that I have always enjoyed the videos you make. I find that you explain things in a way that is easy to understand as well as interesting. Thanks for all the help and advice that you have given me from watching your videos on breeding fish. 👍🏻

Very helpful. I never have a problem getting them to spawn and she cares for the fry until they are decent sized but I have a very busy lifestyle and can’t feed them more than one core twice a day with micro worms so the develop really slowly

I was not expecting these guys to breed in my tank because my water is very hard with a high PH also but they did breed in a tank that was planted and fed BB on a regular bases.

Great video my pair keeps eating their eggs they have plenty of plants and sand substrate, a coconut cave. Maybe I am not feeding enough temp is at 80. Feed frozen blood worms and tubifex worm sometimes pellets.

Great video mate, that tank and species of fish looks amazing mate, keep up the good work

love these videos. I cant wait for the Julii breeding vids.

She is a very smart apistogramma 12:33

Thanks KFS for doing this series. I have been waiting for it for some time. When are you doing the Dwarf Neon Rainbow fish?

Great shots

Your my inspiration.Thanks!

Incredible Sir. Thank you for sharing. Do they breeding depending on size or age? How early can they start breed and it's easy to identify genders? How long did you condition them? Do they pair up for lifetime or you can force pair them with any of their species?

How about flake food ? Chiclid food for small chiclids?

Great video! By what age would you say they color up to the extent yours has? Looks phenomenal,

When u breed neon tetras do u have to alcamate them into the 'rain water tank'?

How can you tell when they're ready to spawn? Like when they're old enough. - I just got a pair a few weeks ago, and I definitely have a male and female but they're both still small

Awesome information, very well done video.

Would a black sand be better to see the scattered eggs?

Amazing video!!! It’s ironic but I’m from Colombia and I can’t find a pair of this apistos, it’s so frustrating.

Do you put an air line in the little dish to keep water movement on the eggs, or are you wanting still water? Would think you want something to replicate the mother fanning the eggs...

I find that if they want to breed they will find each other. In my 55 gallon tank they will spawn (but the fry will be eaten by other tankmates) and i have seen people keep and breed multiple types of apistos together in a 12ft tank

Super

Can you show us how to do this without striping the fry?

hi just wanted to know when the Apistogramma are coming to your website would love to buy some

Should I keep them together when the female laid egg and the baby hatch

can i keep apistogramma double red juveniles with my female halfmoon betta?

How about a ph of 7.2 too 7.4 ?

What is the plant on the coconut?

Yayyyy

Is the song “ Land down under” by Men At Work Australia’s national anthem? It should be.

We can put coconuts in aquariums?

Isnt that Malachite Green? Not the Methylene Blue...

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how to breed apisto. Get a breeding pair. Good luck to us with that

"I trust myself more to raise the eggs than i trust her" then why does it look like your preparing caviar for breakfast? :)

Let the pairs raise their own fry you will get better quality fish

Can anyone show me a 10 year old apisto?

Teach us how to breed zebra danios

Seems a bit cruel to keep taking her eggs. Why not get a couple of pairs so you you don't have to keep taking her babies?

Aw poor mum 🥺

Just bout a pair at 75 bucks, pricey

I would love to breed my appistos but they always lay eggs on a place where i cant find them😂😂

Go follow the.earlybirder 😊🙏🏻

Bad fish keeper/breeder. The eggs/fry have to stay with their parents.

You're very selfish in stealing her eggs because "you trust yourself more". Imagine that being applied to you in captivity. You said they're very intelligent fish - so what do you think you're doing to her when you steal her eggs. Yes I guess nature is "red in tooth and claw" - but I wouldn't deliberately traumatize the fish in my care (however temporarily) just to obtain a few more sellable fry.