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Hi aarhud
My Apistogramma trifasciata are in a 120cm long 35 cm high aquarium, with two internal EHEIM Interal Filter biopower 200.
Lots of roots javafern/moss and lots of floating plants, cant remember the name right now.
They live with a group of Nannostomus marginatus (that spawn...
DanielG
The pictures are taken with a Canon EOS 6d, a 100 mm macro lens.
Setting on the picture she takes the kid are
F-stop f/14
Exposure time 1/160 sec
Iso speed ISO 100
Some action in the apistogramma tank, when the adult fishes got food, one of the fry saw its opportunity to run away from the rest of the fry.
Mom sees the runaway
Not easy to get hold of
taste of freedom :)
Finally mom got her fry and bring it safely back to the rest of the fry.
I use sand-blasting sand as well, it comes in different sizes the one I use is 0,2-0,7 mm. Here we get sand blasting-sand in stores that has supply for fixing cars.
Thank you all guys, for lots of interesting information.
In my current setup, i can not setup a automatic water change system. So has to still rely on normal water changes.
dw1305, regarding the food you mention among other "crustaceans (Macrobrachium shrimps? I noticed them on <"TomC's 2011...
Yes, that's what I mean :) and Thanks for the answers.
It was Tom C that told me they lost the red around the lips, he did not mention why.
Real nice photo of the A. norberti
What do you mean by "constant flow/change" is it regarding the filters flow?
Hard to get live food here now, but i try...
Thank guys, good to know that they feel safe.
Does anyone know why wild caught A. norberti males always loses their red markings around their lips, aftear a while in captivity?
Before buying wild caught Apistogramma norberti I read online and in books that this was a very shy apisto, so i arranged the thank with lots of hideouts and floating plants so it would feel safe.
But to my surprise it was not shy at all and almost never hides in all the nice hiding spots i...