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  1. Olorin

    Why do male Apistogrammas die more than females?

    One more with the same problem. You wrote fading, and that is a very good description. They start out aggressive to conquer the whole tank, then when the territories are set up, they get slower and less colourful for every day. I have one male now that is still alive, but I am sure he is blind...
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    Why do male Apistogrammas die more than females?

    Hi, I this year I have hade 4 Apistogramma Agassizi females and 3 males. All males are dead now and one female. Are males more sensitive?
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    Sexing L. curviceps

    As far as I know the only way to be sure is to pick them up and look at the sex. I have three individuals in my tank. One is a sure female cause she lays eggs. Her mate I am more unsure about. Looks like a male, but no eggs gets firtilized, and the third is is a male cause I have hade a...
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    Spinning and dying?

    Never had any shrimps. I used to have some very small snails (the cinnamonbun kind), but I have very few now when I think of it... Does that give any clue?
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    My Barlowi "mouthbrooder" family

    Great pictures, now I can finally be sure that I have Barlowi in my tank! Thank you! As for the spotting I now recall that all of my wildcaught Apistogrammoides pucallpaensis had it to some degree. All of them died as you can read about in the "spinning and dying" thread. I am very glad to...
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    Spinning and dying?

    Interesting Jose. It seems a lot like the same. But my fishes were held in a massively planted tank so plants did not save mine. The two top theories so far regarding my case is. The fish was wildcatch and likely hade some dormant virus from the very start. According to Torbjörn Hongslo...
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    Spinning and dying?

    So did I and started using Reverse Osmosis water, but that did not help. If it was the water they got a fatal dose of chlorine from the start, but it seemed doubtful. Maybe... we will never know cause I was to "cheap" not to send them in for an autopsy that would have costed me 200 bucks. I...
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    Spinning and dying?

    I just thought I should report back now. I t was a few months ago since I moved my last the Pucpallpaensis to a small tank for medication. I thought they responded well to the treatment at first. I was pretty sure I hade managed to save my two last females and a single male. After another week...
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    Spinning and dying?

    That is grim news indeed Mike if that would be the case. The only upside so far is that I have Agassizi in the same tank and they are yet unaffected so is seems to be Pucallpaensis only so far. Hope it stays that way I am now moving the Pucallpas to a separate tank and adding a mixed tonic of...
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    Spinning and dying?

    Hi. I have some Apistogrammas in my tank (150 gallon approx). It is Pucallpaensis and Agassisi. I have had the pucallpaensis for three months and since two weeks ago they have started to die off. First they spin around chasing their rear fin like a silly dog. Then they tire and lie flat on the...
  11. Olorin

    How many Apistos in 700 liters?

    If you take the pictures I can do the photoshop work for you Greg, Just mail me the pictures, I am quick at it (I work part time as a photografer). :biggrin:
  12. Olorin

    How many Apistos in 700 liters?

    About taking a good photo of that setup I think the solutions is not to take one photo, but two. Put your camera on a tripod, secure it. Take one shot where the exposure fits the lighter part, then another that fits the darker part. Make sure to take the shots so the surface makes an even...
  13. Olorin

    How many Apistos in 700 liters?

    That sound serious GregPL, can you post some pictures of you tank? I am not really into the idea of a shelf, but it would be nice to see your setup.
  14. Olorin

    How many Apistos in 700 liters?

    Actually we are getting slightly OT here, but hey it is my thread so what teh heck ;) Actually I am not sure what I want besides a natural look and healthy plants (I hate it when they look like yesterdays spinache). So to sum things the optimumt to achive ought to be the wavy and irregular...
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    How many Apistos in 700 liters?

    Thank you. It seems like your about as updated in lamps as I am ;) I haven't had a tank up and running for at least 10 years now. Back then MH wasn't even on the chart. You might say that what is up on my agenda now is to find out if standard akvarium light tubes has progressed enough to be what...
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