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  1. MacZ

    Juvenile Apistogramma Borellii

    You could also fill out the emergency template (found pinned in the health subforum).
  2. MacZ

    Single Borellii and Single Bristlenose?

    Plus you almost exclusively get males of this breed, because it's not a natural species. It can work with the catfish, depends on the tank size. If any the pleco might wake the cichlid, as Apistogramma are strictly diurnal and the catfish are partially nocturnal. And an Apistogramma regularly...
  3. MacZ

    Splash Tetra ID and aggression issue

    Then nevermind, make good use of that.
  4. MacZ

    Help with Apistogramma Borelli breeding

    Once the mother stops caring. 50% DAILY.
  5. MacZ

    Splash Tetra ID and aggression issue

    I do understand, no worries. The point is you have 2 males and a female. This is a very small base to build a working population with and once you get them to breed, you might want to stop them, but they might not stop. In my experience starting with three specimens of a species like these can...
  6. MacZ

    Splash Tetra ID and aggression issue

    Patience is THE most important trait of a fishkeeper. Followed by tenaciousness and fersatility. But: A small group has slim chances of the offspring reaching adulthood and considering the fishes relatively short life span, it might not work out and you might have put all your efforts in it...
  7. MacZ

    Splash Tetra ID and aggression issue

    I'd rather stock up to a bigger group and breeding will then rather maintain the population. Starting off with a too small number will make successful breeding rather harder.
  8. MacZ

    Help with Apistogramma Borelli breeding

    I didn't mention it in this thread, but usually this is exactly the reason I ask people whether they are aware of the work and expenses involved in breeding. Started out like this for my dad and me in the early 90s, ended up with a semi-professional fishroom of several thousand liters by 2002...
  9. MacZ

    Splash Tetra ID and aggression issue

    Absolutely. I could replace Copella with "Nannostomus eques" for your whole post and it would still fit.
  10. MacZ

    Apistogramma spawnigs places

    All are cave spawners and if provided they will use those. Other spawning places are anecdotal and even if documented usually either the result of the absence of caves or pure chance. More than one species in the same tank with females is risky business.
  11. MacZ

    Sexing Apistogramma cocatuoides

    Can be tricky with contemporary domestic strains showing more and more male charateristics in females, especially in colouration and fins. It can take a while until it is really truely safe to say. Can. Doesn't have to.
  12. MacZ

    Apistos and panda garra?

    I was going to say, the Garra will probably have less of a problem with the Apistos than vice versa. For sure not an ideal combination at all.
  13. MacZ

    Apisto pigmentation

    Heel veel sorry! Het was niet mijn bedoeling om je te negeren. Ik kann een beetje nederlands begrijpen, maar het is niet genoeg voor een echte technische discussie, en ik kan niet altijt woorden aan het telefoon vertalen. Voor het forum Engels is zeker het beste. I wouldn't, tbh. Never liked...
  14. MacZ

    Apisto pigmentation

    @ Mike: I'm not talking about the black spots. The rest of the fish seemed lacking in pigmentation. But now that the latest pictures show the fish having pigmentation after all, the question is irrelevant.
  15. MacZ

    Apisto pigmentation

    Interesting, I would have rather put my money on similar genes that produce OB and white specimens in Mbuna, central american Heroini and bigger Geophagus species. Thanks for the information. But does the parasite really explain the otherwise lack of pigments? Could it be both?
  16. MacZ

    Apisto pigmentation

    Correct assumption. It's a pigment disorder. Maybe. In case your fish spawn and you give them away you might introduce this to the genepool of the captive population. As there are still higher survival rates in captivity than in the wild this might then show up more often. I don't know how...
  17. MacZ

    Splash Tetra ID and aggression issue

    Having lot's of experience with tetras and pencil fish, and being informed Copella don't behave much differently: The only way to mend this is stocking up. I'd never keep less than 5 and if possible no less than 10 of them. then aggression spreads. All provided a bigger tank. One of them alone...
  18. MacZ

    Krobia Xinguensis

    No. They need different water parameters and habitat conditions, they are unable to communicate via their colours and the baseline aggression level of Malawi cichlids is much, much higher. The Krobia will simply be outcompeted.
  19. MacZ

    What kind of Agassizii?

    Listen to Mike. I was of the idea of differences between populations, not within one.
  20. MacZ

    What kind of Agassizii?

    Polychromatic means you have different morphs in different locations, but these local populations are uniform in themselves.
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