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Recent content by Refael Hdr.

  1. Refael Hdr.

    My little pond...

    Hi RAF, Very nice work! the pond looks great :) How does the Cichlids are going to survive the cold winter?...
  2. Refael Hdr.

    Apistogramma/SA Cichlid books?

    Does anybody know what happened to the publication of Cichlid Atlas 1 new edition? It was supposed to be published early this year, but from some reason it didn't...
  3. Refael Hdr.

    My "little" apisto collection!

    I love your Baenschi male, he's beautiful. The others are very nice too...
  4. Refael Hdr.

    Mikrogeophagus ramirezi - opinions

    They look great, I would go for it!...
  5. Refael Hdr.

    Amazing little critters

    That is really an amazing phenomenon, I've never encountered it in other Cichlids. By the way, can you guess how it was possible for the eggs to survive without water circulation all that time?...
  6. Refael Hdr.

    high temperatures

    You're right, if you add normal tap water the concentration of dissolved solids will rise up gradually ...
  7. Refael Hdr.

    high temperatures

    Hi Nick, My country is very close to yours and our summers are very hot too (and getting worst every year). I must agree with you that the computer fans are the most cheap and practical way of keeping the temperatures a little bit down if you don't have a chiller, and we also use this solution...
  8. Refael Hdr.

    Construction of my fishroom

    Looks very nice keep updating...
  9. Refael Hdr.

    Wild A. Elizabethe #1

    Absolutely gorgeous...
  10. Refael Hdr.

    Sulawesi shrimps

    If you still don't know what I'm talking about, these are the guys:
  11. Refael Hdr.

    Sulawesi shrimps

    Does any of you got one of this new amazing shrimps? If so which kind and in what conditions are you keeping them?...
  12. Refael Hdr.

    Lowering pH

    The water I'm getting from my RO is usually pH 6.0-6.5. When I need a lower pH I'm usually using some acids for the job. Do you do the same? Especially when trying to breed some black water species...
  13. Refael Hdr.

    Need an ID

    Very nice Steels! The small one does look like a female but I think it's to early to decide, it might be a young male. Not to mention the fact that females are not so common in this species...
  14. Refael Hdr.

    Water Changes

    I also use a big barrel filled with RO water that are been circulated and heated by a normal aquarium heater (in winter time). The water I'm getting from my RO system are in pH 6.0 and 25 mS so I have to mix it up with more higher conductivity water to the right proportion (just by adding...
  15. Refael Hdr.

    Spawning L. curviceps

    Beautiful shots! I like this fish so much. It has such a cute behavior...
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