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I agree with James on this. I find these new deformities that are coming about to be terrible. Balloon mollies, rams, and even rainbowfish are making their way in, and fortunately, the balloon rams and rainbows don't seem to have caught on. I'm also relatively sure they can have quite a few...
There were a lot of things about that hearing that I didn't like. The most obvious, to me, was that although this bill is targeting the pet trade, nearly all of the invasive species mentioned were NOT released through the pet trade. I heard lionfish, apple snails, and snakeheads (which were...
Oh? Well, it's good to have a proper ID, then. I don't really care, since it's not hongsloi :tongue: that's what I really wanted. Just as long as I actually know what they are.
Got the Apistos today. I was hoping for hongsloi, but the store ended up not getting any in. They had some GORGEOUS super red borelli, but the females had some weird depressions behind their gills, which was a turn off. So, I decided on a pair of viejita II. The male wouldn't sit still, but I...
Yes, it is Ludwigia sedioides! I got it from aquariumplants.com,as they had it at the lowest price, by far. They sent me way more than I ordered, so I'm bringing the leftovers with me to see if they'll take some cost off my Apistogrammas today for the plants. A few things about this plant...
Ummm...I have no idea? :tongue: Maybe some type of maple. A couple years ago, I picked up a lot of straight, fallen branches to use with my green tree pythons and tree boas, but never used them all, so they'd just been sitting around drying ever since. So, I cut them to size, and screwed them...
From what I've read/heard, in the wild Apistos seem to relish leaf little for cover more than anything, so I have a good amount in there for them. The leaves are small, so I'm hoping to get ahold of something larger soon, like some almond leaves. I'm trying to not ruin the "biotope" feel, as I...
Well, I finally finished setting up the 24 gallon South American biotope I was working on. I should be getting the Apistogrammas tomorrow. HOPEFULLY A. hongsloi, but if not, it'll be A. viejita II. I'll post pictures of them when I get them, too.
The ones I've worked with didn't. All of the small electric knives like this have eaten out of my hands, but not necessarily come up to the surface to do so. So yes, they will eat out of your hand, probably...as for actually coming to the surface, I'm not so sure.
EDIT: re-reading your...
I can't speak for others, but I've done it. Just make sure you use smaller species. I've used both common types of ghost knives (keep in mind that the blacks especially get large, so won't work long-term) and several other smaller specimens of other knives I've had come in. I used to get in...
Hmm...I'm looking around at some Rivulus killies, and I'm definitely seeing some I like. So that's a very good possibility. I think I've narrowed my choices for other fish down to a pair of Rivulus, green neons (or not...we'll see), Otocinclus cocama, and one of the 3 species of dwarf Corydoras...
I know what you mean about fish that stay near the upper portions of the tank. I was thinking of Epiplatys annulatus, but it's African, so a no go. I think Psuedomugils are from Australia, so they're out, too. As are pretty much all of the nano rasboras, and most of the other fish I was looking...
I'm not trying for a very heavily planted tank. If anyone happens to have the April 2009 issue of Aquarium Fish International, I'm drawing most of my inspiration from their Orinoco biotope setup. I'll probably just have some sparse Xmas moss on some of the wood, and a small amount of one other...