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    Favorite Apistogramma

    My favourite is probably the next one I get. Apistos are like a virus more than an infectious disease. Just when you think you’re cured a new strain appears and grabs you. I can’t believe after 20 yrs of keeping and breeding hem it’s taken me until recently to keep Borelli. So I guess they are...
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    Apisto that's peaceful, but spiky fins.

    I agree with the comment hat environment and tankmates have more to do with aggression than appearance. One of the most aggressive apistos I’ve owned in terms of conspecific behaviour is nijsseni yet when I put a single male into a community tank he was shy and retiring. I keep a colony of...
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    Keeping an apisto?

    Virtually impossible here in NZ. we might might get one female sneak through every now and then and in general our fish imports are fairly restrictive because of our bio security laws and of lesser quality because of our small population and limited numbers of people that can spread the cost of...
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    Keeping an apisto?

    Absolutely correct. But I think even if you google Dario dario though it will lead straight to ‘Scarlet Badis’ in title. I thought dwarf spot rasbora was also more user friendly than ‘boraras Maculatus’ for this particular thread. I just wondered if these species, although not cichlids, would...
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    Is there any way to determine age?

    as with other comments don’t go with those store bought melafix products. They can create more issues than they solve. If anything just add non isodised salt. Non iodised Rock salt works great. 1 tablespoon per 15ltrs. Were the fins like this when you got the fish and what tankmates are they...
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    Keeping an apisto?

    I agree with others that that tank is probably just too small for even a small apisto like trifasciata let alone a larger variety like Macmasteri. Wait for. Bigger tank or if you want a great little character fish for smalll fish perhaps a pair of scarlet Badis would be a better fit fit planted...
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    A. Agassizii Fire gold ??

    “Provenance”-apologies -autocorrect
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    A. Agassizii Fire gold ??

    yeah -cheers! for that. I understand that it is a line bred man made strain but also understood that that line was taking from a Rio tefe variety hence my inferencing that with the term 'Providence'. My question was really more of whether people had in the case of the gentleman received the...
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    A. Agassizii Fire gold ??

    Cool! Makes sense that this fish will continue to develop colour variants. It was just the way they seemed to be described as 2 distinct variants that raised my curiosity. To be honest the size of the hobby in NZ is so small that even with man developed strains of fish the quality isn't going to...
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    A. Agassizii Fire gold ??

    I obtained a pair of what were called Fire Red 'Gold"- pictures attached. In researching them I saw 'fire gold' and fire red' and assumed it was the same fish just with different names given by distributors and my distributor just decided to go with a combo of names. something importer down...
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    Kiwi new to Apistos

    Hi. I found this site while I was looking for information so thought I'd join. Covid got me back into fish keeping after many years break do family suff/raising kids etc. Have had an Apistos in community tank years ago but now more interested in small breeding set up so looking forward to...
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