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I’ve tried various food for my Macmasteri and found he seems to prefer Vitalis. Not sure if this brand is available outside of the U.K though.
They do a specific S.A cichlid soft sinking pellet which is high in protein
Thanks guys. At the moment I’ve no intentions of replacing the female. I never got them for breeding purposes anyway. I got a pair because I’d read they were better kept as a pair and all the SA cichlids I’d kept in the past were kept in pairs.
I know bonded pairs can fall out. It happened with...
Hi Darrel, I shared a picture of the tank above, aswell as a picture of the apisto pair.
The deaths were all my harlequins except one. I had a mixture of the ‘lamb chop’ type and gold headed purple (I think they’ve been reclassified as ‘black harlequins’ now. I’ve also lost two of the remaining...
Thanks Mike, I’ve been to my lfs today and I’ve currently got a block of foam floating round in my tank that changes colour if there’s anything in there that other water tests don’t pick up. They’re as concerned as I am at the amount of deaths recently. Even though I’m certain my female died of...
Hi again, I only have one remaining cardinal and one harlequin left. The cardinals are well over four years old and have been dropping off one by one for about six months now. Old age has crept up on them. The last remaining harlequin is all that is left from the mystery illness that just killed...
I forgot to say, my male appears to be mostly aggressive around food. I’ve had to deliberately aim food into her hiding places because he chases her away if she comes to eat with him. Could this be a clue?
Hi, thank you for your reply. In terms of food I am feeding frozen artemia/tubifex/mysis three times a week. I try to mix it up as I’m still figuring out what frozen food they prefer. On the rest of the days they get Vitalis dry food. They usually eat the Cory pellet food which is 70% protein so...
Hi yukondog, my tank is the vision 180 which is 180 litres. I have very soft water naturally which is why I’ve kept SA cichlids - although these are my first attempt at apisto’s - I’ve had rams, acara’s, and angels in the past. I’ve been lucky enough to always wind up with a breeding pair. I did...
Hello, I’m new here and my reason for joining is I could use some advice on my new macmasteri’s as I’m getting a little worried my female isn’t happy.
I’ve had the pair around 3 months. I took my time observing them at the aquarium store and worked with the staff to make sure i got a good pair...
Hi all, just joined here. I’m in the U.K and I have recently got myself a pair of macmasteri after wanting apisto’s for a very long time. I’m not new to cichlids but I am to apistogrammas ... and these guys have got me puzzled by their antics. I‘m hoping to learn more about these stunning...