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Recent content by Mike Wise

  1. Mike Wise

    Apistogramma macmasteri eggs

    Even white eggs can be fertile. It really depends on what is fed to the adults. White and fuzzy eggs, yes infertile.
  2. Mike Wise

    ivanacara bimaculata

    Age and size can be 2 different things. A 1" fish can be a year old and sexually mature. My adoketa easily reached 3"/7.5cm SL.
  3. Mike Wise

    No color on dominant A. Macmasteri?

    It looks like some wild Macs to me. If these are from a domestic strain then it could represent a fish showing ancestral traits.
  4. Mike Wise

    Water changes and young apisto fry

    I treat such tanks like I did previously, just more frequently. Just avoid sudden, large water temperature changes, but I do this for all my tanks.
  5. Mike Wise

    Apisto survival rate

    For me, I have had many apistos reach 5 years in age and one old guy that was hatched and lived for 6 years in my tank. I even had a 4 year old pair reproduce for me. In the wild these fish rarely live more than a year. In breeding operations where they are repeatedly bred without a period of...
  6. Mike Wise

    Best Cave/Hut for Apistogramma?

    Note: the opening only needs to be large enough for the female to inter - sideways. In the wild most apistos breed between leaves in the leaf layer.
  7. Mike Wise

    What would be a good Comminity Male Apisto for this Waterbox Cube 20?

    miniman, this is a simple community tank. I personally wouldn't worry about substrate, water values, tank decor, etc. If cardinals can live in it the commonly available apistos can, too. You are not trying to breed the fish (obviously) nor emulate a natural habitat. Some people (like me when...
  8. Mike Wise

    Juvenile Apistogramma Borellii

    It could be many different things, including a raised or missing scale. Better photos also from different perspectives would definitely help. I do hope you have it and you newr pair in a quarantine tank.
  9. Mike Wise

    Apisto pigmentation

    My guess is that there are several black-spot causes. All I know is that none of my Cristal fry develop the black spots and they are usually kept with the adults for 2 - 3 months or more. None of the F2s and later offspring have ever shown spots either, so it seems to be environmental rather...
  10. Mike Wise

    Apistos and panda garra?

    Never kept Garra, but I would imagine that they would have similar problems that Corys have with apistos.
  11. Mike Wise

    Apistogramma id

    If it came with Cory. pygmaeus then it is unlikely that the apistos are from the Orinoco system where the A. hoignei forms are found. It probably is a form of A. cf. eunotus.
  12. Mike Wise

    Apisto pigmentation

    If this was truly a genetic variation, one would expect to see some of the offspring show it, too. I know of no reports of the black spots appearing on offspring.
  13. Mike Wise

    Apisto pigmentation

    Your fish actually has what is called a black spot syndrome caused by a parasite. Fortunately it is not fatal for the fish and is not transmitted to other fish in your tank. The parasite needs a second host, a bird to eat the fish, before it can reproduce, be released in water in the bird's...
  14. Mike Wise

    Starting my apistogramma breeding "Help"

    It really is hard to say anything without more information. As Darrel wrote, a full-view photo of each tank would be helpful. Also any water values (pH, hardness, dKH or µS, temperature) as well as tank maintenance and lighting (intensity and length) will help.
  15. Mike Wise

    What kind of Agassizii?

    Polychromatic simply means 'many colors' and in many populations of agassizii-complex collected from the same locale the males are polychromatic.
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