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  1. J

    Apistogramma flabellicauda breathing heavily

    Sorry to hear that. Perhaps choose a less delicate dwarf cichlid? Good that the cardinals are keeping well.
  2. J

    Apistogramma flabellicauda breathing heavily

    How is the situation with the male now? And the cardinals?
  3. J

    Apistogramma flabellicauda breathing heavily

    Grasping for air was meant as a matter of speech, but is inaccurate of course. Heavy breathing, as you call it, is equally worrisome I would say. Too much carbondioxide or too little oxygen? Aeration can be tried. Did you put a lot of dead wood and leaves at once in the tank?
  4. J

    Apistogramma flabellicauda breathing heavily

    One dead fish may be bad luck, but all fish in the tank grasping for 'air' is unlikely to be a matter of bad luck only.
  5. J

    Is there such a thing as too much baby brine shrimp?

    Frozen, nutritionally just as good as fresh I assume, but not so fast (grin)
  6. J

    Is there such a thing as too much baby brine shrimp?

    My 30 days old A.sp. Juruá have lived on BBS only until 3 days ago. I now alternate a BBS meal with a meal of the tiniest cyclops. It is excellent exercise for the fry as cyclops are fast and often successfully avoid being eaten. The fry have to really hunt for a meal. It is a pleasure to see...
  7. J

    Very nice pair of WC Apistogramma diplotaenia

    Thanks. pH is not extremely low. Plse let us know when you diplotaenia's produce eggs/fry.
  8. J

    Very nice pair of WC Apistogramma diplotaenia

    Looks promising. Can you share a few water values?
  9. J

    Recent purchases and fry

    November and December last year I was lucky enough to get hold of 4 A. psammophila, (of which I sent some pictures before, when they were still minute). Three males and one female I can now establish. Furthermore A. sp. Jurua (sp. cruzeiro), a couple and A. flebellicauda, a couple. The A...
  10. J

    are all oak leaves suitable?

    It makes sense Darrel, thanks. The leaves I use have all been naturally dried on the tree, afterwards shed or not depending on the kind of tree.
  11. J

    are all oak leaves suitable?

    They are brown and dry. The tree fell in a storm some weeks ago. So a second picking next year will not be possible.
  12. J

    are all oak leaves suitable?

    I recently came across a Japanese Imperial oak (Quercus dentata) from which I have a lot of leaves now. The leaves are up to 30-40 cm long, thick and hairy. I have started using them in my tanks mainly because they make excellent sight barriers and hiding places. What I should have started...
  13. J

    New Apistogramma psammophila

    A week ago I was fortunate, very much so, to be able to buy 4 young, less than 2 cm sized, Apistogramma psammophila. This Apistogramma (or diplotaenia) was high on my wishlist. They are F1's. The parentstock is from Rio Atabapo, Colombia. They are small. They are presently being fed live...
  14. J

    Help with Apistogramma info, sexing and ID.

    Perhaps it is interesting to show a few more pictures, of the same male Cruzi-subcomplex fish. It iis again a few weeks older.
  15. J

    what dead leaves used in tanks

    Thanks for your input MacZ. I have only 1 compound walnut leaf in a160 litre tank. Such a leaf is like a twig with five leaves attached really. Besides: it was not fresh, but dry and brittle. Leaves I use most are oak leaves. And I use some alder cones now and again.
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