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Hello everyone,
I neef too catch a young male apisto in an heavily planted tank.
I've catch more than 50 youngs in this tank recently with a lot of patience but this male I just can't. I've been trying for 3 days.
He is very secretive and stays behind the plant mass most of the time and I...
Can you explain more please ? you mean young fry ?
Of course if some fry survive by finding enough microorganism in the tank, i would feed them accordingly before giving them away.
I don't understand what you mean ?
Hello,
This week I'm gonna have to transport about 50 juvenile Apisto Borelli for about 2h to some LFS. They size around 3cm.
I was planning on using 5L plastic bag, with 5 fishs per bag, 1/3 water 2/3 air and I have no way of pumping pure oxygen into the bags.
Do you think it's a good plan ...
Hello everyone,
Right now, I have a batch of juvenile Apistogramma Borelli in my 60L tank which i'm gonna sell this week to my LFS.
I was planning on keeping a pair but i've been fantasazing about keeping a trio (1M2F).
I know only a pair is recommended for this volume. But knowing that my...
Thanks a lot for the answer.
Yes it's not a money issue but more of a place and conjugal one. If it was only up to me , I would have 30+ tank right now :)
I did explain myself badly. I was talking about giving a part of the batch to another hobbyist who has space to grow them out. But I'm...
Hello everyone,
Reviving the thread once again for more question.
Everything is going perfect right now but I see new issue coming soon.
I had underestimated my capacity to take care of the fry. So instead of having a few fry survived I have more than 30 healthy 40 days old juvenile in my 60L...
I didn't. Having read more about it after.
But today I euthanized her. She was past the point of no return, unable to swim, breathing frenetically.
The fry and the male are doing really well. The fry are free-swimming since 1 week now.
Still asking around when can I expect the male to start...
Need help.
The separator has worked in a way. I've extended it totally so the male can't pass. No aggression today. The marking on her face are a lot less red. I've pass half of the fry to her side of the tank. She is a lot more active, still feeding well. Keeping the fry pretty well.
But now...
I don't know, he seems really big for 10L full of driftwood.. He is two times the female size and he is gonna exterminate the shrimp.
I found another temporary "solution". I put a plastic semi rigid divider blocked by the plant. See the picture below. The fish can still go one way or another if...
The situation has gotten really worse.
The female doesn't have any fry left under her care. The male continue to be really aggressive with her though while keeping all the fry.
He has hurt her face badly. See the pics below. And she did stay in one corner of the tank all day long. She is...
Hello everyone,
Firstly I want to thank all the member of the forum which have helped me greatly !
I have free swimming fry since Thursday so 3 days !
I've set the temperature at 26,5°C knowing that it will drop 1 degree at night.
I've been feeding hobby protogen and a bit of bbs here and...
I'm aware that it's hot for Borelli, but not of the undesirable effect concerning the fry.
Like said in my first post my tank is kept normally at 23-24 degree, which seems reasonable for Borelli from what I've read. But I was advised in this thread to put the temperature at 26. Seeing my...