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Recent content by KenL

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    Help sexing Apisto cacautoid

    Two males for me. My very first Apistos (early 90s) were 2 very nice cacatuoides. They were very different in size when I got them. Both turned out to be males. They lived well together, even though the tank was not very big (18” cube). BTW, I really wanted cacatuoides after seeing the...
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    Help sexing triple reds

    The fish in the second picture looks like it could well be a female, to me at least. How do they interact?
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    Stocking for 20 gallon

    From Mike’s suggestions Acacaxis looks a stunning fish. Must be rare, I have never seen them.
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    Stocking for 20 gallon

    Baenschi, panduro and nijsseni are all great fish. But, in the UK, all of the latter 2 species I have seen lately haven’t looked very good specimens.
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    Stocking for 20 gallon

    What size of gallon do you use in Australia? 20 imperial gallons is ~91 litres. 20 US gallons is ~76 litres.
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    Stocking for 20 gallon

    Lots of lovely fish on that list.
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    Stocking for 20 gallon

    Where are you in the world? Probably a good idea to reach out to the better retailers in your local area or country. On the fry you can buy, how did the breeder care for the adults?
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    kribs polongwe

    To me, the only species known as a krib is P. pulcher, the most widely available species. I would never refer to a taeniatus or a subocellatus as a krib.
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    kribs polongwe

    Why were they split into two species? Was it purely geographical?
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    kribs polongwe

    P. taeniatus had many forms (locations) in the “old days”. Nigerian red, Nigerian green, nange , kienke, moliwe, dehane etc.
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    kribs polongwe

    Apologies, here’s my next stupid question. What varieties that were previously known as P.taeniatus were moved to P.kribensis? Thanks
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    kribs polongwe

    Does the name P. taeniatus exist at all any more?
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    kribs polongwe

    Kribs (the common name) will always be P. pulcher to me.
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    kribs polongwe

    When you say “kribs” do you mean P. pulcher? Changing of P. taeniatus to P. kribensis is an annoyance to hobbyists like me.
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    Starting a fish room how much to run

    Well, that is a lot of tanks. The heat pump will hopefully make things manageable for you in terms of cost. When you breed these fish, where will the fry go? I don’t think there is a huge market in the UK for dwarf cichlids. Bristle nose catfish are already easily available in all fish stores...
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