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  1. Hellfishguy

    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.
  3. Hellfishguy

    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.
  5. Hellfishguy

    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...
  11. Hellfishguy

    L. curviceps showing a bit of colour

    Nice fish, but they’re Laetacara dorsigera, not curviceps.
  12. Hellfishguy

    Apistogramma ortegai or cf. ortegai.

    Thanks, I thought as much. Sigh.
  13. Hellfishguy

    Apistogramma ortegai or cf. ortegai.

    I purchased this pair as Apistogramma ortegai Papagei, but now that they've matured I suspect that they're not. The male looks nothing like my avatar, which most definitely IS the Papagei form.
  14. Hellfishguy

    What west african tankmates are possible?

    I know that they can’t be considered big killies, but I’ve been keeping Epiplatys dageti Monroviae with Anomalochromis thomasi and Enigmatochromis lucanusi without any problems. The killies stay near the surface out of the cichlid‘s way, and both the killies and the cichlids produce fry which...
  15. Hellfishguy

    Need ID for this pair

    Beautiful pair of Apistogramma ortegai! Corydoras cats never learn not to intrude into cichlid‘s breeding territories. They’ll blunder into the territory, get chased away, and immediately swim back towards the cichlids. I’ve successfully used cardinal tetras as dithers for A. ortegai. I didn’t...
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