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Recent content by Alleycat

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    New to Apistos

    You are correct they're Mikrogeophagus ... but 40 years ago when I had them, they were known as Apistos to me. My bad! So a 20g is the smallest size tank a pair of blue rams should be attempted to spawn in?
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    New to Apistos

    At least a 20g? Seems a bit large for one pair of apistos?
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    New to Apistos

    Another attempt at breeding apistos has arrived. I bought some German blue rams, and have them in a 10g sorting themselves out. I have 2 maybe 3 distinct pair that I want to separate and give them their own tanks. Is a 5g too small for a pair? Would a 10g or 20g be better, or will they manage in...
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    New to Apistos

    Thanks Mike for some ideas and things to re-arrange. I have plenty of materials to make sight breaks and define territories, and I have already collected a 55g drum of rain water so you've given me some hope, as I had forgotten about it. I use it to collect mosquito larvae but as it's not quite...
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    New to Apistos

    I broke the threshold and bought a reverse trio of A. cacatuoides. I've bred many (25+species) tanganyikans, and several malawians but yet to accomplish an Apisto. With that being said, I guess the word rookie is on my doorstep. My water could be categorized as liquid rock...hard(200 + ppm)...
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