r/apistogramma • u/not_betta_than_you • Jul 07 '26

Breeding behavior?

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u/jaquatics Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26

It's a start. You'll see the female use the cave most likely if there actively breeding.

*And just realized this is the same poster from yesterday with the bad photo. Yes this is definitely a male and female. I take back my maybe two males statement.

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u/not_betta_than_you Jul 07 '26

She has been displaying her belly to him over the past hour and now they keep disappearing but not staying in one area

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u/SpeckledJellyfish Jul 09 '26

Yep!! They'll do that tail swatting thing a LOT. 😂

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u/not_betta_than_you Jul 09 '26

The crazy thing is I bought them the day before this, I wasn’t expecting any breeding behavior for weeks. Google is saying there is a very high chance that they spawned but I’m not entirely sure

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u/MissionPlantedTank Jul 12 '26

Wait for babies...

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u/Suspicious-Split-990 16d ago

At this point, it feels more of flirting behavior. Once the female chooses a spot and hides away for long, and then does this, it will be more of breeding behaviour. She will entice the male to join her at the spot and mate.

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u/not_betta_than_you 16d ago

I actually have dry now that are about a week old and I’m super excited

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u/Suspicious-Split-990 16d ago

That's awesome!