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  1. Tom C

    Some Apistogrammas from Peru...

    I promised to keep you informed, Erik. I have two pairs of A. sp. Ladislao (Rio Morona), in separate tanks. One female brought out freeswimming fry the first week of October: No signs of mouthbreeding at all... She brought out her second batch of fry three weeks ago; still no mouthbreeding...
  2. Tom C

    Any photos of or info on A. sp. CAÑO IRACA?

    Apistogramma sp. "D12" was collected in the Caño Iraca (Colombia) not long ago. So most likely people who did not know what they found, just named the fish after where they found it. Info and photos of the species is easy to find. (I have a profile on it here: LINK)
  3. Tom C

    Can anyone help id this apisto? It came in with a wild batch of inka. There is a male and female in there. I just can't figure out what it is.

    For the almost complete list of all Apistogramma forms and species known today, click here. To jump to the part of the list where you will find all the A. cf. eunotus forms, click here. And: Your substrate is far from good for Apistogramma. I have written about this here.
  4. Tom C

    Some Apistogrammas from Peru...

    I'll keep you updated, Erik. Don't expect anything spectacular: in my tanks most facultative mouthbrooders behave like ordinary apistos. I have recently had spawnings of A. sp. aff. barlowi (Oran), A. sp. D10 and A. megastoma here: no mouthbrooding at all (as far as I have observed).
  5. Tom C

    Some Apistogrammas from Peru...

    I have just got mine, so they haven't spawned here yet. But the female has turned yellow, and looks massive enough to be build for mouthbrooding: I'll guess you have some experiences with this species, which may indicate mouthbrooding?
  6. Tom C

    blackwater tank cycling?

    Have you ever considered Fulvic Acid, Darrel? After all, it is an important part of humic substances (in fresh water), is found naturally in the fish's habitat, and should therefore be good for fish from humic-rich waters?
  7. Tom C

    A. cf. personata F0

  8. Tom C

    ID Please

    I see your point. However, the only way to not make any mistakes is to do nothing... I make mistakes all the time. :) So a more trouble-free comment would be: "This is most likely a man-made hybrid which doesn't exist in the nature. Stay away!
  9. Tom C

    A. cf. personata F0

    This is a form showing both yellow and blue... it was collected primo 2023 in a remote area of eastern Colombia where nobody (until now) collects ornamental fish. Beautiful, isn't it?
  10. Tom C

    ID Please

    Why not just say: "This is a man-made hybrid which doesn't exist in the nature. Stay away!"
  11. Tom C

    A. cf. personata F0

    Is there one Mitú form of A. cf. personata? East of Mitú several small "Caños" could be found. They are all tributaries to the Río Vaupés. This is one of them, the Caño_Ceima: Several of the Caños have a population/form of A. cf. personata: A. cf. personata from the Caño Mituseño, Mitú: A...
  12. Tom C

    A. cf. personata F0

    Beautiful! Do you know where they were collected?
  13. Tom C

    Stocking question

    In that tank I would simply start with 2 pairs. They'll have space to bring up loads of fry, and after a while you'll have 200+ fishes in the tank, if you want. As I have experiences with A. (cf.) bitaeniata and similar fish, and know that it might work, it would be more interesting for me to...
  14. Tom C

    Stocking question

    Yes, the small group of A. cf. bitaeniata was a valuable experience. If you keep pairs or smaller groups, you would have to consider lines of sight, territory borders and markers etc. etc. If you go for a BIG colony, you won't have to think about all that. All the individuals will realize...
  15. Tom C

    Apistogramma calamar?

    In one of my tanks they bred successfully in blackwater with pH 4.5-4.8 and conductivity approx. 70 microS/cm.
  16. Tom C

    Rio Ucayali Biotope, Perú.

    If you want the A. nijsseni to feel "like home", you may add lots of leaves to the (nice) tank. When I collected A. nijsseni near Jenaro Herrera (Rio Ucayali drainage), the habitat looked like this: Under the leaves where we sat down, we noticed we had company: Besides the A...
  17. Tom C

    Marble hatchets

    I would not bet on the guy highest up is LESS than 18 inch (45 cm) above the surface: :eek:
  18. Tom C

    Marble hatchets

    A small tributary to the Rio Curaray, Peru: Sitting in a canoe, I noticed some interesting ripples on the water surface, and that there seemed to be a lot of movements below it: Suddenly a predator (unknown) attacked the small fishes, who escaped by jumping: Afterwards, thousands of...
  19. Tom C

    Help sexing Apistogramma Ortegai

    Interesting! As far as I know, I'm the only Norwegian who has collected A. cf. ortegai (Pebas) in the wild, but that was back in 2006 and 2008 (LINK). Others may of course have collected it without my knowledge, or just brought fishes back from Peru, though... I wish you good luck finding a male...
  20. Tom C

    Unknown plant

    Yes, your plant definitely looks different from mine (I saw yours in the 'Breeding splash tetras'-thread). But if I, for example, look at the photo presented here (LINK), it looks much more like my plant than yours. So until you dig up something more, I'll believe that I got the Macaya...
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