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Ha, Dave...those are great...I had hoped the post might bring out a few stories like those.
The one about the Bit. spawning in the bag reminded me that recently I shipped two pair of TR Cacs across country; one pair spawned the day they arrived, the other two days later. I commented to the...
Darn censors got me again...
The link works, right click on "Properties" to see where you are really going. The fish is in fact A. Bit. Shi-Shi-ta.
Ray
I've read a number of posts in various contexts that dealt with Apistos' ability to adapt and try to go on living a natural life...in spite of being in a small enclosure, often in less than ideal conditions, with sometimes less than desirable tank mates, etc. You know the ones..."I've got 37...
I recently picked out 50 of what I considered the best of a group of 200 newly imported wild Nijsseni. All of the fish ranged from 3/4" to 1 1/4". It is a challenge to say the least to get a good distribution of males/females. I was looking for roughly 20 males and 30 females. I separated the...
Mike is, as usual, right on. You might wish to compare the male in the first picture to those of the wild Cacatuoides in my gallery at http://www.raymccaleb.com/cacatuoides_f0f1_gallery.htm .
Ray
I've been feeding live blackworms for several years, to both my discus and my Apistos. Wouldn't change. I learned some do's and don'ts early on by personal experience:
Do get your worms from one reputable reliable source.
Do refrigerate...mine stay at 55 degrees F.
Do rinse with clean fresh...
I seriously doubt the problem was with the breeder. I Know of no way to breed or raise a fish with an internal timer that couses it to die within a 24 hour period. I would look at two variables imposed on the fish subsequent to leaving the breeder's site. First, transportation. How long were the...
Females will fool you...often yellowing up and "defending turf" in my 55 gallon growout tanks. I shipped some (2 pair) week before last to a customer in New Mexico, overnight on Monday, they arrived on Tuesday. The gorgeous little females were about 3/4". The customer e-mailed on Friday evening...
I'm a pound a week guy...California Black Worms. Be careful where you get them; rinse EVERY day; let them clean out for 3-5 days AFTER you receive them (before feeding to your fish). All my breeders get them...none of the fish I sell. I say this because once on worms, it's hard to get them to...
All good comments. I've had good luck in shipping lately. Perfection last week to Pennsylvania during a really bad storm. I package carefully and only ship overnight during the winter. However, I received an overnight package two weeks ago with 10 pair of the nicest fish you can imagine...all...
I use two of the two liter (inverted) bottles in the black plastic commercial fixtures. I add eggs (3/4 tsp.) to both cones daily after draining off the shrimp. Each evening I clean one of the cones, the one that's been in use for two days. The shrimp all settle to the bottom after 1/2 hour with...
I use Photosho Elements 2.0, like it a lot, especially the "Save for Web" feature...takes the guesswork out of optimization. All of the photos on my website (URL below) were edited with this application.