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    Spawning WILD Ivanacara Adoketa - "Red Morph"

    The OP passed away on February 11, 2024. He was a member of the Norwalk Aquarium Society and well known breeder.
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    Dicrossus maculatus

    The fish would appreciate a layer of leaf litter. My Dicrossus would spend most of the day flipping over leaves in search of snacks.
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    Suggestions on 130L tank mates

    The N. parilus/A. thomasi combo worked well, with both species taking turns spawning and raising young. Since the parilus are cave spawners and the thomasi are open spawners they don’t compete for breeding sites. The thomasi could also be kept with one of the smaller Pelvicachromis species, but...
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    Suggestions on 130L tank mates

    36”/30 gallon. It was the Anomalochromis with either Nanochromis or Enigmatochromis, not all together.at the same time.
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    Suggestions on 130L tank mates

    I’ve kept Anomalochromis thomasi with Enigmatochromis lucanusi and Nanochromis parilus; they should most likely work with common kribs as well.
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    breeding?

    Unfortunately, no. The pair spawned several more times, and every time fungused eggs were expelled from the cave. They’re now over 2.5 years old and have stopped spawning altogether. I hope you have better luck breeding yours.
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    Kribs With Red vs Purple Belly

    Pelvicachromis kribensis and P. roloffi females have purple bellies. P. silviae, P. pulcher and P. sacrimontis females all have red bellies.
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    Pair of Apisto in a 25L?

    Badis badis would work. I kept and bred them in a 5 gallon. They’re very cichlid-like.
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    A. cf. Ortega or just A. ortegai?

    They’re ortegai, no cf necessary. Pebas’ fins have a completely different coloration. My avatar is an ortegai.
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    ID please

    Looks exactly like my male Apistogramma cf. ortegai Pebas, which was sold to me as ortegai Papagei.
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    Masculine female

    Here’s a photo of the same female taken last December. Her body form is still recognizably female, only her color has deepened.
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    Masculine female

    My female A. cf. ortegai's coloration has become more vivid recently, almost approaching that of the male's. I've had them for almost a year, and they've bred for me, but not for quite some time. Are they past their prime?
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    Most metallic blue Apistogramma

    Apistogramma panduro males are a beautiful metallic silver-blue. Nannacara anomala males are more of a metallic green.
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    L. curviceps showing a bit of colour

    I can’t say with certainty that it applies to all morphs, but this was the case with all the variants I’ve kept over the years.
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    L. curviceps showing a bit of colour

    There's no need to count scales. Besides being slimmer than the stockier L. dorsigera, L. curviceps always have a white border on the rear of their dorsal fins; the border on dorsigera is red throughout its length. This is apparent even in young specimens - the fish in the photo was about 1.5...
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