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  1. n25philly

    Help with my Apistos

    Ok, a quick update, I've been doing the water changes without the zero water and have been using the peat granules in it which seems to make the water slightly softer. I've been doing small water changes 3-5 times a week. So far not much seems to have changed. TDS started going down, but then...
  2. n25philly

    Help with my Apistos

    OK, I got a chance to test the tap water: PH was pretty high. I didn't try the high range solution, but with the regular it came out at the top of the chart, 7.6. Maybe I'll have to run the other test. KH was a little high taking 4 drops GH was around the same, taking around 7 drops (I had...
  3. n25philly

    Help with my Apistos

    I don't know why but my last post didn't show up. I don't know about the tap, I never tested it only the water in the actually tank which always came out fairly soft. PH and KH have always been low while GH fairly low. It's been some time since I tested it though. Anyway, I found my test...
  4. n25philly

    Help with my Apistos

    By conductivity you mean TDS right? The tank is at 318 at the moment. The zero water reduces the TDS to zero (at least until the filter starts to wear out) I've been doing small water changes 3-5 times a week and when I do it brings the total tds down anywhere from 5-20 total but overall it...
  5. n25philly

    Help with my Apistos

    I'm not new to Apistos and have had my apistogramma cacatouides for probably six months or so now if not longer. When I first got them they bred a few times, and while raising the fry didn't work out for them it was fascinating to watch. I had a very busy summer wish a lot of problems, and...
  6. n25philly

    Babies, babies, babies

    These were the eggs before they hatched. I think the females didn't use the caves because they are too close to each other. I will try moving the other cave to the other side of the tank for any future breeding attempts.
  7. n25philly

    Babies, babies, babies

    No you are right, I thought we were talking about the rams. I don't know why the apistos didn't use the caves. At least with the one that ended up putting them out in the open I think the eggs were actually placed on the bottom of driftwood. It's a piece of spiderwood and the bottom is kind...
  8. n25philly

    Babies, babies, babies

    First time parent I guess. There is a coconut cave less then an inch away on the other side of the rock she laid her eggs on. I read that rams like to put the fry into ditches dug in the sand. She seems to have things under control at the moment. I highly doubt they will survive once they...
  9. n25philly

    Babies, babies, babies

    Thank you for the reply. I was a little surprised by the apistos and I have two caves in their tank and neither of them used them. I actually barely noticed there were any eggs due to it as I was waiting to see them guard the caves as a sign they laid eggs. I have been totally surprised by...
  10. n25philly

    Babies, babies, babies

    Hi everyone, how are you doing? I'm new here (first post) but not new to Apistos. I am new to their breeding, or at least successful breeding. It's actually been a crazy week as all my fish decided to breed at once. I had one group of bolvian ram eggs and two groups of cacatoiudes eggs hatch...
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