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Recent content by dw1305

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    New A. agassizii suddenly inactive and not eating, zero clues

    Hi all, I've never had much success with a male and two females, it has never gone well for one of the females. If you have space, harems with more than two females, work - <"https://apistogramma.com/forum/threads/help-with-selection.25056/page-2#post-122272">. Have a look at this for the...
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    Mendezi

    Hi all, @KeithK PC, rather than a phone. I can see your floatng plant and I'd let your Salvinia cover 3/4 of the water's surface. It doesn't really matter what your floating plant is, I like Pistia stratiotes and Limnobium laevigatum mainly for their roots. I have all three, but I use Amazon...
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    Mendezi

    Hi all, I understand this. I'm not very good with fish, so I need all the help I can get. If you have fish that require very high water quality, plant / microbe bio filtration is much more effective at this That is sort of the point, the trees in the flooded forest are as much aquatic plants...
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    Mendezi

    Hi all, Ideal, wanting to see your fish is so overrated. If I didn't like plants? I'd keep Hypancistrus sp. in tank with hundreds of caves and no light*. *This may not be true Cheers Darrel
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    Mendezi

    Hi all, Honestly listen to Mike, he is "Wise by name and wise by nature". I'll nail my colours to the mast and tell you that "cycled" isn't a very useful concept generally and even less useful for sensitive soft water fish. Read the links in -...
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    Advices for breeding A.ortegai (sp. Papagei)

    Hi all, It is a question that comes up a lot on the forum. Have a look at - <"https://apistogramma.com/forum/threads/adding-a-female-for-my-male.30290/#post-139374">. Cheers Darrel
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    Advices for breeding A.ortegai (sp. Papagei)

    Hi all, They aren't "bonded". The male now thinks that conditions are suitable for breeding, but the female isn't in suitable condition to spawn. He wants to drive her out of his territory and wait for a better conditioned female to arrive. Cheers Darrel
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    Setting up a low TDS aquarium

    Hi all, We've talked to some of the scientists working in nitrification, and the consensus seems to be that pH and carbonate hardness are much less important for nitrification than was thought. Have a look at...
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    Is it my imagination or do tank raise fishes have a harder time adjusting to acidic water then wc fishes to more neutral water.

    Hi all, It is such a shame, they are probably my favourite fish, but I would only consider ones that have been bred locally. Cheers Darrel
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    Breeding apistogramma ortegai papagei

    Hi all, Good point, I'd assumed "centimetres", but "inches" would be a different ball game. Cheers Darrel
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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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