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  • Mike Wise
    Yes, like that one but the stripes on the face are more blue and red horizontally striped. Actual photos of the Icana form are rare. I...
  • Mike Wise
    It is a bluish fish with a red/orange lower abdomen and red and blue metallic streaks in front of the suborbital band on the head.
  • Mike Wise
    If they are juveniles I'm afraid that will be nearly impossible. They should all look about the same. Depending on their size/age males...
  • Mike Wise
    The only A. elizabethae that I would presently think about keeping is the form from the Rio Içana; a spectacular color variety. I guess...
  • Mike Wise
    Most books published on dwarfs discuss them. They do belong to the bitaeniata-group but in a different complex from the many forms of A...
  • Mike Wise
    Mike Wise replied to the thread Bamboo.
    I've found that the clay saucers used under pots are more preferable to apistos than clay pots. Just cut/break a small opening on the rim.
  • Mike Wise
    Mike Wise replied to the thread Iranocichla.
    ... does that mean fewer and fewer people know how to write or are willing to spend the time writing?:D
  • Mike Wise
    Mike Wise replied to the thread Apistogramma rositae.
    Different species behave somewhat differently. More polygamous species tend to be more intolerant of juveniles in their brood territory...
  • Mike Wise
    Mike Wise replied to the thread Apistogramma rositae.
    Most will not eat older fry. The problem is that they (usually the female) try to drive their fry out of their territory (the tank)e...
  • Mike Wise
    I never had much luck with group spawning, although I rarely had the chance since I use only smaller tanks <55 gallons. Low tanks that...
  • Mike Wise
    ... or fluoresent ones of many colors!:eek:
  • Mike Wise
    Mike Wise replied to the thread Apistogramma rositae.
    You need to make the opening too small for adults (learned that the hard way). I drill an opening in the cap large enough for fry but...
  • Mike Wise
    There are plastic plants:(. So why isn't there plastic leaf litter??:D
  • Mike Wise
    Mike Wise replied to the thread Apisto ID.
    I agree with Frank. They are nice looking A. sp. "Blutkehl".
  • Mike Wise
    Mike Wise replied to the thread Apistogramma rositae.
    This is where a bottle trap is handy. Just make sure you check it every hour or two.
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