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Recent content by Mike Wise

  1. Mike Wise

    Should Apisto Agassizii be kept in threes?

    My philosophy is as long as they don't damage each other don't worry.
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    New to apistos

    It can work if the fish are visually different in body and fin shape and have the same general size and temperament. It also really depends on how structured your tank actually is.
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    Apistogramma Morana

    Are you looking for the cacatuoides-complex species, A. sp. "Puerto Morona" or the eunotus-complex species, A. sp. Morona? Ah, the curse of common names. I believe that both were only imported once about 2 years ago. One of our members showed photos of A. sp. "Puerto Morona" but I don't know if...
  4. Mike Wise

    Hello/A. Cacatuoides male or female?

    At 1½"/3.5cm I would not hazard a guess on sex. I will say this. It is a rather poor example of an Orange Flash Cockatoo. Good quality specimens of this color form should never show ocelli on any of the fins - especially the caudal. Yes, the first specimens of this color form did show pale...
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    9 day old fry and new wigglers at same time... should I try to remove one?

    First, it is not all that unusual in the aquarium; not normal, but not uncommon with females with a strong maternal instinct and a really 'eager' male. If the female is guarding both sets of fry then let her. Fry use their mother to guide and guard them. Without the female's input fry tend to be...
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    Apistogramma borellii Opal

    For the most part this is true, but I have seen photos of really different patterns on some of the nijsseni-group species. Usually it is strange dark markings on females. I remember when we could only get ugly yellowish-gray specimens in the 70s. Then wildcaught specimens appeared in the trade...
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    Apistogramma Fry Raising - Growth Differential

    Apisto fry naturally drop to the bottom, hide and don't actively feed when not in the care of their mother. This is why most experienced apisto breeders recommend keeping fry with their mother.
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    Any experience with a. norbeti ?

    Behaviorwise, yesm consider them somewhere between A. cacatuoides and A. nijsseni. Temperaturewise 77-79°F/25-26°C is about right when Tom and I collected the species in the Rio Tamshiyacu area in jungle streams. These were really beautiful fish. I planned to bring some home but they died...
  9. Mike Wise

    Help with identifying Hongsloi m/f

    I can't say for certain. Photo #3 appears to be a female ... or a juvenile. The others? The photos could be either sex. I suggest you wait another 2 - 3 months. You should be able to sex them by then.
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    Apistogramma from Colombia and Venezuela

    It depends on when I took my photos. The camera brand doesn't matter as much as technique. To answer your question, however, I've always used Pentax: 1968, Pentax Spotmatic (bought at a PX in Viet Nam); 1980, Pentax LX; 2007, Pentax K20d; 2015, Pentax K5 which I haven't seen the need to upgrade...
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    Apistogramma from Colombia and Venezuela

    I can see the difference between a phone and a camera and proper lighting. I don't think that I've taken more than a dozen photos with my phone; thousands with my cameras.
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    Apistogramma from Colombia and Venezuela

    Always nice to have a macro lens like your Sony SEL 30mm f/3.5 macro. I'm more curious about how you get a totally black background. Is it done in postprocessing or do you use some other form of magic?:)
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    Question about difference between Apistogramma sp.Breitbinden and Apistogramma Megaptera

    From original description (translated from Spanish): A. piaroa Lower Río Ventuari (Caños Tigre and Chipiro); middle Orinoco in channels near the Orinoco-Ventuari internal delta below the confluence of these two rivers (Caños El Carmen, Perro de Agua, Winare, Palometa, and Manaka channels)...
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    Atahualpa hiding

    Aggressive nature is a part of A. atahualpa. Dr. Uwe Römer even (jokingly) named them Man-eater when they attacked his hand when he put it in the tank.
  15. Mike Wise

    Collecting Apistogramma diplotaenia and Biotoecus in the Rio negro.

    Great seeing your photos Ste. Were you able to bring back fish from Brazil?
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