Within the past 2 days I've witnessed strange behavior coming from my apisto pair. The male has been slinking off into the darker corners of the tank, and every once in awhile cruising around. The female, has been active, but has been trying to attack her reflection, often times spending 10 mins biting at the glass and flaring, the male used to do this about 2 weeks ago. Before the female turned gold and wasn't ready to breed the male was a bit aggressive to her constantly showing his fins and shaking, but when she turned gold, she build up the sand around her cave and I thought they had mated, once this had happened, the male seemed to have lost all of his spunk. Anyways, I think the female ate the eggs or they died because she eventually came out of her cave and stopped tending to it. But now its almost 100% role reversal, the male no longer responds to the female, and just slinks off when she shows her fins, its almost like he is hiding from her, but whenever they interact, there is no attacking, just the female flaring. Eating is normal from the female, but the male has only eaten the pellets that fall near him, instead of coming out.
The only thing I think which could be problematic is the Nitrates; they were at 10 ppm, I find it strange for them to be that high in a planted tank with a low bio load, and only 1 day after a water change. I just did a water change and rigorous vacuuming for fear of pollution from decaying plant matter.
Any ideas on what could be going wrong?
The only thing I think which could be problematic is the Nitrates; they were at 10 ppm, I find it strange for them to be that high in a planted tank with a low bio load, and only 1 day after a water change. I just did a water change and rigorous vacuuming for fear of pollution from decaying plant matter.
Any ideas on what could be going wrong?