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Do you know how large they get and if they form strong pairs; weak pairs or polygamous ?
I have a group of 7 and I thought they were very juvi but one has already spawned and she is only like 1 to 1.25 inch and the male is only marginally larger. I thought adults were 2 to 3 inches. The male is...
My female nijjensi lived around 4 years and she only died because she got abused when i moved which made me really sad.
Having said that i've had more than a few suddenly die after 18 to 30 months due to 'bloat' or whatever - basically not sure. My a. pucallpaensis don't seem to live as long -...
I don't like man made caves (coconut shells and ceramic); i prefer a more natural look with drift wood and rocks. Anyway most of the time when i have a cave the fishes ignore them and use some else - i have one sweet little gal using an empty mystery snail shell.
I do have a few 'legacy'...
My current observation:
At this stage aggression has been relatively minor mostly with brief chase by the male. About a week ago based on the tank layout and fishes 'zone' i added a third female (so 1 male 3 female); the female at this point have not shown much aggression among each other with...
I don't have good pictures yet but here are my current observation after having them for a small bit (6 weeks). I have three - in theory 2 female and 1 male but i suck at confirmation of their sexes. They are around 1 1/4 inch to 1 1/2 inch so i believe they could be sexually mature. One stays...
All i know which isn't much is my wc a. pucallpaensis have lots of black spots but the kids don't. Mind you i dont' raise very many of the kids as well i can't handle millions and billions of a. pucallpaensis but i do have a few.
Totally unrelated but the kids are a lot smaller than the parents...
The first day or so they are free swimming they will eat their egg sack. Only after the egg sack is exhausted do they start eating. I'm not sure how long yours have been free swimming. I usually use a magnifying glass the first few feedings to make sure they are going after the food.
probably - i've kept both - there might be additional stress to the apisto since the panda don't understand territory but they are not aggressive and pretty thick skinned so they would mostly just ignore the apisto or perhaps swim away if pecked enough. Don't believe they would touch eggs/fry.
i typically try for 4 times a day the first week. after that 3ish. 5 wouldn't hurt anything as long as the food is all eaten and not decaying. Folks say worms work well (micro worm) because they live longer in water but i've never gone that route.
Live food seems really important as it is the movement of the that seem to trigger eat me response. I've tried feeding various species of apisto frys on golden pearl and similar fine food without much success - i mean they appear to eat it when examined but they then seem to die. My success with...
Well this is good to know i have several wc apisto with lots of black spots but the 2nd generation never had it - didn't realize it was the cause of a parasite.
The best diet for the first couple of weeks are live bbs (baby brine shrimp). After that they can be adopted to taking dry food fed to the parents in small bits; though they will grow faster if you continue to feed them live food - primarily baby brine shrimp.
The krobia can handle harder water than many sa fishes but yea the mix in signals would cause a lot of aggression and these fishes depend on signals to prevent serious harm.
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Mine readily breed without effort in 140tds water; and i was told by the seller he was breeding them in 200+ tds water...
Vaguely I think i saw some for sale last year for around $50 or $60 a pair but i didn't pay attention to the details; redblue list them for $200 (not in stock) but that store is usually 2x to 3x as most places i've seen. In 2017 aquabid shows that a pair sold for $600. Hum. Never bid on a fish...
Thanks - i will presume then they are pair forming for life. The nice thing about their behavior is i don't have to worry about them harming each other which is always a concern with me with many other species.