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Mike Wise replied to the thread Apistogramma Abacaxis Blackwateer Tank.The Denver metro area has many suburbs that are not on Denver Water Department's water supply, which is basically mountain reservoirs... -
Mike Wise replied to the thread Apistogramma Abacaxis Blackwateer Tank.My tap water is relatively soft (~125µS/cm) but certainly not as soft as in my breeding tanks (~35µS/cm). Most fish are fairly...
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Mike Wise replied to the thread Wild Caught Peru Apisto ID.Rocafuerte is a cacatuoides-group species closely related to A. cacatuoides. TomC & I collected them near the borders of Peru and...
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Mike Wise replied to the thread Agassizii or Gephyra?.It's available in many books on apistos. Does anyone read books anymore? OK, A. gephyra always displays a red/orange band along the top...
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Mike Wise replied to the thread Apistogramma Abacaxis Blackwateer Tank.I also grow out my blackwater species in tap water - but they only breed in soft water. As Darrel continually writes, pH values are...
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Mike Wise replied to the thread Agassizii or Gephyra?.There are several gephyra-like species. Without a catch location some are hard to tell from one another.
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Mike Wise replied to the thread Apistogramma Abacaxis Blackwateer Tank.The upper Rio Tapiche is also a blackwater river. TomC collected Alto Tapiche there and measured the following values: pH: 4.62...
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Mike Wise replied to the thread Collecting in Peru.Not them nor me!:D
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Mike Wise replied to the thread Collecting in Peru.The first time I went to collect in the Amazon I used citronella insect repellent. The mosquitos considered it a condiment - and I was...
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Mike Wise replied to the thread Collecting in Peru.Ttw has been going to South America for decades. He knows that rumor is overblown.;)
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Mike Wise replied to the thread A. ortegai fry care help.Females only eat their own fry if the fry are threatened by predation or starvation. Female recognize that it is better to eat their fry...
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Mike Wise replied to the thread Collecting in Peru.If you get near Pucallpa I would look in the Rio Shahuaya and see if the Pink Apisto (A. cf. eunotus Shahuaya) still exists. It was the...
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Mike Wise replied to the thread Stocking for 20 gallon.I agree. Keep them with their mother for at least the first month or until they start to wander away from mom. They feed more regularly...
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Mike Wise replied to the thread Stocking for 20 gallon.It depends on the tetra and the number. My mantra: a community tank is not a breeding tank.
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Mike Wise replied to the thread Breeding splash tetras.....My practice with any tetra is that when I see fewer fry it is time to move them to a larger tank. I also use sponge filters which...
