• Hello guest! Are you an Apistogramma enthusiast? If so we invite you to join our community and see what it has to offer. Our site is specifically designed for you and it's a great place for Apisto enthusiasts to meet online. Once you join you'll be able to post messages, upload pictures of your fish and tanks and have a great time with other Apisto enthusiasts. Sign up today!

Search results

  1. Apsnake

    Ten days later!!!

    Dude I swear your the most interesting person, your comments on this site are truly informative! And it's strange I stumbled on this and you've clarified it for me. I recently saw my female absolutely freak out when I switched the light out. She was guarding fry but as soon as the light went...
  2. Apsnake

    Ten days later!!!

    Even If the light is very bright it's not a permanent lighting solution just to retain your first spawns! Once you have a network of apistogramma to work with its much easier to breed them! But until that first spawn are adults that will be your contributing factor! As I say though I wish you...
  3. Apsnake

    Ten days later!!!

    I had a similar problem recently lights went out lost over 75% by morning so I might try the night light as mentione by mike! Hopefully we shall both have more luck second time round
  4. Apsnake

    When to pull fry in harem tank

    To be honest I've noticed spawning seems to happen before water changes and induced by any kind of feeding really I don't feed live foods often enough to say they contribute but I feed a very high quality frozen food as staple for all my fish ATM or sometimes softline which is soft pellets. The...
  5. Apsnake

    Confirm Sex Plz

    I agree I think they have the sexes right with these! Female is deffo female I'd take a guess that male is male too I have seen these sp a couple times and males look very similar maybe different colour strains
  6. Apsnake

    When to pull fry in harem tank

    Omg can you actually? I'm actually flabbergasted by the generosity really appreciate it if you could! Yeh I'm based south east near Gatwick my friend
  7. Apsnake

    When to pull fry in harem tank

    Not sure how big white worm are or if they're appropriate for fry tbh
  8. Apsnake

    When to pull fry in harem tank

    Worm cultures? If so I'll have a look! I'm always reluctant to buy wet goods online as I have a good supplier for fish but best live food local is daphnia from a commercial LFS which is lame! I'm interested in white worm as they are meant to be quite easy and I have very little time for my tanks...
  9. Apsnake

    When to pull fry in harem tank

    Well I have two spare tanks one 30l one 20l so I suppose I can use either of those! I just thought it might be better to keep in a breeder box to maintain the exact same water parameters to be honest. I have removed a spawn previously to a 20l tank and they didn't survive. Perhaps i wasn't...
  10. Apsnake

    When to pull fry in harem tank

    Ok well the female is no longer guarding any fry and I cannot find them at all! It's a big tank and I'd say medium planted with purely water wisteria. My plants don't do well in here as I Am a cheap skate with my tanks I did have 5 to maintain it's now 3 it's expensive to maintain ferts co2 etc...
  11. Apsnake

    When to pull fry in harem tank

    Bump?
  12. Apsnake

    Then and now shots. Soon to be apisto tank

    Just wanted to share some before and after shots of my 40 breeder. I took the first shot when I first aquascaped and introduced 3 guppy fry for Now exactly a month later it looks a lot better. It has diy everything for the plants and a total of 8 guppy and a lone Betta that will return to there...
  13. Apsnake

    When to pull fry in harem tank

    I've recently noticed a spawn in my harem tank I usually pull fry with little success but would always assume the other females will eat fry. This has happened but there is still 4 healthy looking fry about 9 days in, they've grown a lot and are now looking less like they'll Be eaten and more...
  14. Apsnake

    hello from the UK

    I had a brief encounter with ro but my plants took a battering and at the time had algae problems anyway so just didn't work out well! I have plenty of space to be honest I live alone and acquired all of my tanks cheap so my trifasciata 1m/4f have a 200l with a few blue eyed killis (not big ones...
  15. Apsnake

    Advice on motherless fry

    Will they seriously guide Daphnia around? That's so funny my apistos would nevvvvver do that I remember I had some Nigerian red fry and they were a fair size well out of fry stage dropped one in my big tank.. he didn't even touch the surface and my cacatoides ate him whole and went and sulked...
  16. Apsnake

    hello from the UK

    Ahh ok a fair way up the island then! I just can't seem to find anyone local who's got dwarf cichlids and fry etc I can get most sp. from my lfs but always like a new challenge or some specimen treats! I wish I could get my apistos to breed I have no luck with my tanks I have a harem of...
  17. Apsnake

    Is this a sneaker male or a coloured female?

    Thanks for the informative reply mike I really appreciate it, you seem like a very knowledgable character! It's quite interesting how they are so conscious of the female behaviour that they can mimic it so precisely. Ohh well only time will tell with this one, for the my divider will suffice I...
  18. Apsnake

    hello from the UK

    Hi yandy I noticed your From the uk, where abouts are you located? I'm also uk based in south east always looking for contacts in the great wide fish world but it's a giant struggle finding anyone in the uk and have no local clubs. Your apistogramma look lovely! Do you just keep for fun or do...
  19. Apsnake

    Harem breeders?

    I noticed I didn't put the real answer. All apistos are harem breeders in the wild. In a tank it's different. if your asking because you want a harem just get any apisto except from njisseni or panduro and keep them 1/3 or more females if your asking because you want a pair and are trying to...
  20. Apsnake

    Harem breeders?

    It's only ap.panduro and ap.njisenni that pair bond as far as I know. All other apistogramma will be harem breeders but in different numbers. Some species like ap.trifasciata and ap.agassizi ideally need 1/4 ratio at least if you have room 1/7 works well I hear, but these species will not do...
Top