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  1. susanamck

    Finally Getting a collection going

    I would purchase a tds meter and test your Ph, its not too expensive and makes it easier to replicate the conditions again one they spawn for you. although I use the same water, substrate and décor both my tanks have different ph and tds.
  2. susanamck

    Just like a bus!!

    So its turns out Fry in my house are just like a bus, I wait ages for them and they appear all at the same time!! My Borelli fry have now been free swimming for over a week, I've got around a quarter of my original batch but seeing as its her 1st try and over the moon. I had been busy trying...
  3. susanamck

    Finally sourced a pair of Borelli

    Dzii I got them from Steven Chester in the UK. looked in yesterday and I have fry!! Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 4
  4. susanamck

    Finally sourced a pair of Borelli

    So after having some sucess with my Abacaxis I was intrested in extending my collection. Ive kept most some americans at some point but due to a lack of space am concentrating on my dwarfs at the moment. When my old unit jeeded replaced the replacement opened up a world of opportunity with two...
  5. susanamck

    Is this Abacaxis male of female?

    so i tried the mirror!! Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 4 Beta
  6. susanamck

    Is this Abacaxis male of female?

    funny enough i purchased a mirror to try this as other was suggested my male would be lazy unless he thought there was another male near his females. i will also film to see what reaction i get! Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 4 Beta
  7. susanamck

    Is this Abacaxis male of female?

    I have only had this group for about 6months and am currently working them up to hopefully breeding. It would be interesting to see what par. people manage to breed them in. currently mine are in a 60litre with external filter, bogwood caves and leaf litter which im not removing when it has...
  8. susanamck

    Any RO unit recommendations?

    we decided that a ro unit was pointless as we have a tap ph of 6.4 we instead purchased a HMA filter. removes all the bad things in water but leaves the positive bits and also means ph doesn't have to buffered.
  9. susanamck

    Is this Abacaxis male of female?

    I would suggest it is a female. I have posted photos of my f1 trio, 1 male and 2 females. the shape is closer to the females than male. female: and the male before his colour was strong: and now he is settled:
  10. susanamck

    New Fish

    Wheres you local fish shop? I called most in Scotland and none had them? Regardless I doubt they are F1's and this pretty!!
  11. susanamck

    blue faces dying off

    no where near an expert but from previous reading co2 and appisto's is a bad mix. Ive read some posts on here and came to that conclusion, maybe do a search for co2 or stop dosing and see if they come back to full health. sorry cant be much more help!! Sent from my Transformer TF101 using...
  12. susanamck

    New Fish

    After some deliberation my friend took my Angazzis she has a community tank and isn't worried about breeding them, moved in on Monday and all are doing well. I managed to lower my Ph by adding some RO water just in time for my new fish to arrive. They have come from Peter Clark and I can't...
  13. susanamck

    If it were you, what would you do?

    that was tank water Mike which is tap untreated. Did a 10litre water change which is just over 10% with RO, tank water ph has lowered to 6.5
  14. susanamck

    If it were you, what would you do?

    how would you suggest lowering the Ph, i already use almond leaves, and alder cones. Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk HD
  15. susanamck

    If it were you, what would you do?

    this is a current photo of my tank. water pers are ph 6.9 kh 2 gh 5 Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk HD
  16. susanamck

    If it were you, what would you do?

    I currently have 3 appistogramma angazzis which no mater what I do they will not breed. The male is a captive flame and the females are wild blues. My Tank I am thinking of moving the trio on and buying some new stock but being based in Scotland decent appistos can be hard to come by...
  17. susanamck

    Female apisto question, why is she dieing? **Pics**

    sorry for the wee lass, this happened to me recently as well. Was a bacterial infection that only became apparent after I introduced her to the tank. I had started treatment but wasn't lucky enough to save her but the rest of the fish survived and are all healthy!!
  18. susanamck

    Apistogramma agassizi 'blue'

    I recently purchased 2 wild females which we just labeled as wilds, under more investigation and lots of calls to the suppliers my lfs told me they were the blue strain collected from Rio nanay river in Peru. Don't know if this helps the ' where they are from question. Sent from my...
  19. susanamck

    New photo

    Mike you are right pardon my mistake, he is (and I quote from PFK) a "Flame" apparently from the Czech Republic. He is however housed with two female wild blues from the Rio nanay river in Peru. Obviously they aren't as keen to be photographed. Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk HD
  20. susanamck

    New photo

    He's a a.agassizii flamengo Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk HD
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