I lost one of my favorite fish this past weekend. I am absolutely devastated and none of my friends or family really understand my sadness. Her name was Sunshine. She mothered five batches of fry for me and she was a great Mom. Watching the pair interact and raise their fry has been the coolest thing I've ever seen in fishkeeping. I've spent hours just watching them. After the last batch of fry I decided to rescape the tank because I wanted to move away from letting the pair breed so often (too many fry to deal with as a result and not enough people buying). I removed their cave and changed the layout a bit. When I reintroduced them back in I noticed some aggression from the normally completely passive (and a bit of a dunce tbh) male. He is three times her size but she was the one who pushed him around, especially when there were fry or eggs in the tank. Seeing the aggression from the male I priority shipped in more plants as sight blockers and to break up territories. I also got them some pygmy cory friends as dither fish. I thought things had improved. They were completely normal for about a week, eating together and hanging out together. I didn't see any more aggression. Then I found her dried up and dead on the floor... The only thing that makes sense is that he must have been chasing her so much that she jumped out of fear, maybe even on accident just trying to get away. Apistogramma aren't normally known to be jumpers. I have a diy mesh lid but I guess she hit it hard enough that she got out. I feel so sad thinking that she dried up and suffocated. What a horrible way to die...