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    Breeding apistogramma ortegai papagei

    Hi all, I haven't kept them, but I think you need a larger tank, definitely one with a lot more floor area. My understanding is that they're quite aggressive, and I'm not sure that is a big enough footprint for any breeding Apistogramma. Cheers Darrel
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    Atahualupa experience

    Hi all, Neither of these are actually buffers and both them are equally useless. Mike is right, just use a dash of tap if you want some hardness and alkalinity - <"https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/the-original.70360/page-2#post-704571">. I have a jaundiced view, but I truly believe...
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    Is this an agassizii tefe?

    Hi all, He is lovely, I had one that looked similar, but was probably a line-bred A. agassizii -<"https://apistogramma.com/forum/threads/what-kind-of-agassizii.25609/#post-126738">. Cheers Darrel
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    A plant new to me

    Hi all, You need Mike for a proper answer, but I think they are only gold if wild collected. The ones I've seen have had a fantastic "platinum shine", just like little drops of mercury. Cheers Siver
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    A plant new to me

    Hi all, It grows in our pond, which is full of oolitic limestone rubble, but also in the tanks which are about 100 microS conductivity and ~3dKH, so I don't think soft water is a problem. In the UK you can find it pretty widely anywhere it is damp and not a peat bog. I've collected a few...
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    A plant new to me

    Hi all, They make excellent "spawning mops", a lot of breeders of small ExCorydoras spp. use a tank with a big wodge of moss for spawning tanks - <"https://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/readers-visits/your-tanks-mark-allison/">. I get asked a lot about moss ID on <"UKAPS">, the problem is...
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    A plant new to me

    Hi all, I should also have said that I really like it, I'm just a <"moss"> fan. The best resource for moss names is probably Flowgrow - <"https://www.flowgrow.de/db/aquaticplants/drepanocladus-aduncus">. Cheers Darrel
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    A plant new to me

    Hi all, Better monitor, not Fissidens, but it maybe Drepanoclados aduncus. Moss names in the trade are all made up or misapplied. I think Hemigrammis rodwayi are an underrated fish, they are a good "silver" tetra. Cheers Darrel
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    A plant new to me

    Hi all, Fissidens sp. Cheers Darrel
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    Breeding splash tetras....

    Hi all, I only found it when I was looking for Alan Vassiere. I assume that Ste Chester is too busy for much "hobbiest" activity now, he owns two? Shops in NW England Same for me, in my case a dead beech (Fagus silvatica) leaf, just below the water level -...
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    New Panduro male heavy breathing - Stress or Gill Flukes? (Updated with photos)

    Hi all, Should have been .... Wide open spaces. Cheers Darrel
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    New Panduro male heavy breathing - Stress or Gill Flukes? (Updated with photos)

    Hi all, This sort of look, there aren't any side open spaces. Cheers Darrel
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    New Panduro male heavy breathing - Stress or Gill Flukes? (Updated with photos)

    Hi all, Yes, that sort of thing, but just a lot more structure. I use "structural leaf litter" and plenty of plants. I mainly have Susswassertang, Bolbitis heudelotii & Anubias barteri and floating plants. The advantage of the submerged plants is that they need very little light. I don't have...
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    New Panduro male heavy breathing - Stress or Gill Flukes? (Updated with photos)

    Hi all, Good that you've separated them. I don't think the issue is "territorial" as such. The problem is that a male and female aren't necessarily a pair, and may never be, if one partner doesn't like the look of the other one, if that makes sense? I like tanks that are full of plants and...
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    Biotoecus Dicentrarchus

    Hi all, They aren't fish I've kept, and a pair might be fine, but I can't see that that is enough basal real estate for there not to be issues with six fish. I'm not a very good fishkeeper, so I usually work on the theory that if I look at the tank and I can see fish? I have too many...
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