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Recent content by LyreTail

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    Please ID this "krib"

    I think "Chromis" nailed it.
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    Reputable dealer in A. Hongsloi

    I just got some fish From Apistodave and they were great quality and doing great. I have also bought from Mr Jacobs from southernapistos.com and they were very good quality and color. I think many of Southernapistos are imported from South America. I did have problems ordering from Florida...
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    Got some new fish

    Picked up some very nice A. bitaeniata and triplered cacs From David S in Oregon and I was curious as to any advice in setting up a breeding tank for each of them. I have been spending much of my time building a tank and making special caves, trying to spawn my zebra plecos this summer, so I...
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    Pls help ID

    I have to hand it to you Mike - I do not know how you do it . Some of these species look so much alike to me that I wonder why they are classed as different species and not just different color morphs
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    Eunotus or Cruzi

    It does look like some of my male Papagei juveniles. and the female looks exactly like my female Papagei
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    Succes with breeding Cacs

    Is the temperature thing for all species of apistogramma or is is species dependent - some effected more or less by pH and some more or less effected by temperature? The charts in Mergus Cichlid altas led me to believe it was species dependent and different factors effect different species????
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    Rams (Gold,Red)

    I have to pull the eggs and raise artificially. For some reason the fish eat the eggs or the fry after a few days . Several times the fry were free swimming several days and then they ate them all
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    Pelvicachromis taeniatus 'Moliwe' spawned!

    My Moliwe's spawn so much I have to give the juvies away. With a slightly acidic pH I get nearly exactly a 50/50 rate of female to male fry. I keep them in the acidic tank for the first two months or so and then I do not worry about the pH very much anymore. I seem to be getting odd genetic...
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    Got my Book

    I thought my fish were Cruzi species until Mike assured me the were in fact properly identified by Mr Jacobs at Southern Apistos as A sp "Papagei". Mergus Cichlid Atlas Vol 1 does not contain this fish Curtis B
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    Survival rate with Ram fry

    yes that is what I am going to try - no I do not let the water outgas. I do not have to with any other fry that I raise.
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    Survival rate with Ram fry

    I have a theory that I wanted to bounce of everyone. I have raised several spawn since last Christmas of Blue ram fry. ( they sure sell fast!) Anyways I have been having trouble getting a good survival rate from the fry. Out of 60+ free swimming fry, I will see a huge sudden die offs in...
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    Ways to soften water! n acidified it!

    I personally don't buy the "natural way to lower pH" arguement. What ever way you choose to lower pH using an acid , it is still really an acid, which by definition is still a chemical reaction between an acid and a base ( bicarbonate) . I do not use sodium biphosphate based pH reducers, but I...
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    decap. brine shrimp egg question

    Mine never hatched. I lost a lot of my Ram fry probably because I was screwing around with different foods. They do not seem to want anything but the live BBS right now. The surviving 25 or more are eating well
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    Phosphate

    Yes - if the PO4 is coming from the tap, then you will have to get rid of it using cleaner water or those expensive phosphate removing filter aids like "Phoszorb " or "phosgaurd" It could also be coming in with ferts or fish flakes as well - might want to try a different flake and check your...
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    decap. brine shrimp egg question

    OK - that is what I was thinking when I saw the conflicting information on brineshrimpdirect's website - thye give you instructions how to decap, but it sounds like a real pain
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