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Apisto. agassizii 1.25" Yellow form - Peru $9.99
Apisto. agassizii 1.25"+ Blue form - Peru $9.99
Apisto. agassizii 'Flamengo' 1.25"+ blue and yellow - Peru $11.99
Apisto. agassizii 'Putumayo' 1-2"+ - Rio Putumayo - Peru $11.99
Apisto. allpahuayo 1" yellow form black chin - Peru...
I received some rarer species from Peru this week. You can see a full list HERE... The highlights:
A. sp. 'Matses'
A. sp. 'Winklefleck'
A. allpahuayo 'Rio Tigre'
A. payominonis
A. sp. 'rocafuerte/Shaly'
A 1.5 meter long tank is plenty large enough for a group of Pelvicachromis taeniatus or P. kribensis (all of the populations from Cameroon are no longer P. taeniatus). Make sure that there are blocks to line-of sight so that individuals getting picked on can get away. More than likely only one...
With the modified plastic plant dish.... are the fish going into it through that gap and laying their eggs on the side that faces the surface of the water? Interesting...
Lots of things can cause conductivity to go up, but not all of those things are problems. For example, Na+ ions (from the disassociation of NaCl salt) will increase conductivity with very little affect on the fish, spawning or fertility rates. Mg+ and Ca+ ions are a different story. Those two...
Cichlids, especially pair-bonding species that defend territories, are hard-wired to identify and eliminate threats. I believe that the cooperative behaviors associated with establishing and defending a spawning site are an important part of forming and maintaining a strong pair bond. Threats...
Here is a video of a new pair of A. panduro cooperating to defend their space... from a mirror. I know that a lot of people use mirrors to watch their apistos' behavior. I am curious to know whether the general consensus of using a mirror is helpful, harmful or neutral. Personally, I think...
The male is currently about 1.25 inches long. Still small. The tank is a 10-gallon end out, with piles of stuff (yarn mop, wood, filter, leaves, spawning cave where I can see it) in the back 2/3. I use the floating mop as a place of refuge for target fish and as a source of infusoria for fry...
Thanks... I will put some floating dry leaves in the tank too. I have catappa, but I will probably try magnolia, because they will take more than a week to sink.
Here is a video of some A. trifasciata that I have recently set up to spawn. When I start groups with young fish I like to put multiple males and females in the tank, and then let them work out who will be the dominant fish. This video was shot just after that dynamic was reached, and I...
We were about to hijack Mike's Christmas surprise thread, so I brought the topic over here.
Tom C ..... Would you mind outlining how you set up Copella sp. for spawning? I am working with C. vilmae right now, and will be setting up some more species in a few weeks.
I am using a 33-gallon...
A. bitaeniata 'Tapiche' from Peru. This form is really starting to grow on me. I really like the yellow breast and the red/orange tips to the dorsal rays (which do not show up well in the photo). I am going to set up a couple pairs of these tomorrow.