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  • Mike Wise
    Mike Wise replied to the thread Rescaped 75 Gallon.
    ... and the stress on a female trying to protect her brood from all those Neons is incredible. I hope for your sake and that of the fish...
  • Mike Wise
    Mike Wise replied to the thread Sexing Apistogramma Hongsloi.
    The first photo probably shows a male, too, but not positive. It also seems to be a different form/species in the hongsloi-complex, but...
  • Mike Wise
    Mike Wise replied to the thread Rescaped 75 Gallon.
    To me an excellent community tank (but a terrible tank with breeding apistos)
  • Mike Wise
    Mike Wise replied to the thread Suggestions on 130L tank mates.
    I haven't seen the Rainbow Ram strain/population since the 1970s. They ruined my desire for other strains out there ... well maybe some...
  • Mike Wise
    Mike Wise replied to the thread Suggestions on 130L tank mates.
    Sounds like my first experience with dwarf cichlids. Someone I knew had a big tank full of fish. He added Rams but never saw them. He...
  • Mike Wise
    Mike Wise replied to the thread ivanacara bimaculata.
    Females are also supposed to show a white patch around the anus that the males do not.
  • Mike Wise
    In the 1980's I had blue, green and black (dark grey actually) and all were wild caught. Females all appeared the same. All the males...
  • Mike Wise
    Mike Wise replied to the thread Mixed dwarf cichlids in a 130L.
    Yes, and I wish that all humans could communicate peacefully with each other.;)
  • Mike Wise
    Mike Wise replied to the thread actual species sizes ???.
    Remember, most fish shops are mostly interested in selling fish and often have little or no expertise with every fish that they sell...
  • Mike Wise
    Please do not add apistos with your kribs. It is a bad, often lethal, combination.
  • Mike Wise
    Mike Wise replied to the thread actual species sizes ???.
    Fish grow throughout their life; slower after sexual maturity, yes, but they still grow. So age - and proper maintenance - are major...
  • Mike Wise
    Mike Wise replied to the thread What temperature for elizabeth.
    Ever animal that is cold blooded has a lower and upper lethal temperature limit. It varies with the species of course. For aquatic...
  • Mike Wise
    Mike Wise replied to the thread Suggestions on 130L tank mates.
    Kribs communicate aggression completely opposite to that of Neotropical cichlids. So when one signals submission, the other sees it as...
  • Mike Wise
    Mike Wise replied to the thread What temperature for elizabeth.
    A couple of degrees one way or the other shouldn't be a problem. Once adapted to their new home they are really tough little fish.
  • Mike Wise
    Mike Wise replied to the thread Dicrossus maculatus.
    As MacZ wrote, upstream indicates from where the water flows. Water flow from high to low, so upstream is the high end of a water...
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