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Guys, I recently picked up a pair of these and I'm concerned about the total lack of information on them out there. What if any, can anyone tell me about them? What type localities did the strain come from, and what parameters should I be aiming for?
Are these just as undemanding as most of...
I came home from work today, to find my Apistogramma Nijsseni female anxiously guarding a new batch of fire engine red eggs! After I had lost all hope and was ready to dump them on someone else they finally spawned!
Thanks for the great fish Dave!
It just goes to show, with...
I recently got my pair to spawn and I thought they took an abnormal amount of time to hatch and become free swimming. That was when I actually noticed the fry, the mother had been molly-coddling them so much she wasn't allowing them to leave the nest. By the time she finally allowed them to...
What is everyone's experience with spawning Nijsseni's ? What were the water parameters at the time of spawning? There seems to be alot of conflicting info out there on the precise ph of spawning them.
What's a sound way to treat an apisto of ick? I just got a pair of A. Papagei and I lost the male I originally had to god knows what, no signs of disease, just started hiding and turned up dead the next day. Now my female is scratching, the water quality is perfect as it's a moderately planted...
How much of a temperature swing can fry (in general) tolerate? How big of a water change should I be doing every day after the fry have hatched? 10%? 20%?
What are the keys to sexing Iniridae, do ONLY the females carry the pelvic spot? Or do males carry it as well? I know the males have longer ventral fins, but in a crowded setup it's very difficult to pick out the females.
BTW I am sure they're iniridae and not pertensis
A what point is a male too old to spawn? M
My pair of cacatuoides has just STOPPED spawning abrubtly and I think it's because my male is too old. He looks like most pics of very old males do but I've only had him about 5 months. Although he is wild caught and definately max size.
My male cockatoo has co-existed fine, raising fry and broods peacefully with my female for a few months now. All of a sudden I wake up today to find him chasing her around and being rather aggressive to her. Anybody know the reasoning behind this and should I be concerned? I have a tank to...
I just recevied the 12 indian almond leaves I purchased online today, and I'm interested in created a small pile of leaf litter on the bottom of my 15g breeder for my emeralds. Will this lower the ph too much, and be a waste of leaves or is it possible. I hear people talking about making leaf...
Does anyone use this? Can this be used as a useful alternative to an RO unit until I get one installed?
If so, how much solution do you add and what have to you found to be the most productive mix for general apistos?
Also, can anyone recommend a really good test kit. One better than most...
Is it okay to change my water while my cacs have fry? The fry are about a week old now. They've always bred in larger aquaria, this is a 10 gallon breeder, heavily planted.
I've got a small stone about the size of an acorn inside the flowerpot where my female double red is guarding fry. The only thing is, WHERE on earth did this stone come from?! The substrate is silica sand that's been established for well over 2 years and there was no stone in the substrate where...
After much deliberation and 89 dollars later.... I finally i'd my mystery apisto as the apisto sp. emerald.
Does anyone keep these and can you share you experiences breeding them?
I need a positive ID on this apisto, I'm really not sure what it is. I've had it since it was REALLY small. I've got two pairs of it and I'm trying to breed them, knowing what they are would really help alot.
They were labelled as juruensis, but I later ID'd them as eunotus. I'm releatively...
I've got two pairs, in two separate 15g's but no matter what I do to condition them they still don't spawn. They're definately male/female so it's not a sex problem. Both females just don't seem interested in spawning yet.
They're only about 4 months old at the most, I've heard of really young...
I need someone to tell me how I can properly sex A. Eunotus, I've looked at every picture I can possibly find and just when I think I've properly identified it the colours fade or come in and it looks like the oppposite sex. I know I have one bonafide male, and at least 1 other male. I also...