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  1. Siggi

    I have eggs! a. cacatuoides, first spawn

    Hi, everybody. Congrats on the spawn. It's not unusual to have spawns in quarantine tanks. The parents are more isolated without predation, no current and often no lighting... I just wanted to add that brine shrimp are normally too big for newly hatched Apistos. In the first 2-3 days they'll...
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    After months waiting I got this: Flagcichlid

    Hi, everybody. @DwarfCichlidLvr - that's a lot of questions... One at a time :) First, about the tank itself - interior measurements are 200cm long by 90cm wide (approx. 78.7" by 35.4"). Height to the rim is 70cm (27.6"), but overflow is 3.5cm below (1.4"). An 'official' volume will be close...
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    After months waiting I got this: Flagcichlid

    Stocking in the tank, right now: Cichlids: Apistogramma nijsseni (3♂ 3♀?), Mesonauta insignis (x10); Characins: Paracheirodon axelrodi (~20), Petitella georgiae (x1), Inpaichtys kerri (x~30), Nematobrycon palmeri (x~20), Nannostomus (?)marginatus (x10); Carnegiella marthae (x7); Corydoras...
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    After months waiting I got this: Flagcichlid

    Hi, Darrel, If you can wait a year, I'll tell you. Once mine grow, I'll check TomC's chart above and we'll see what species it is. Hehe... Mine were tagged and sold as M. insignis... but I have also read about that apparent confusion about selling the 'insignis' as being 'fesitivum' specimens. I...
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    After months waiting I got this: Flagcichlid

    Thank you, mate! Apparently they are in the supply chains. I guess they'll eventually arrive on your end as well. You'll just have to be patient and put some 'flags' in your LFS's so they alert you as soon as they arrive, before being set on sale... I got mine straight out of their quarantine...
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    After months waiting I got this: Flagcichlid

    Up to 8"... That's 20cm... Same size as a full grown discus... Ok... «sigh» my tetra fry are toast (or better: lunch)... With these Mesonautas, whatever size they will grow to, all fry in the tank will be 'lunch' - I was counting on that :D Thx
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    After months waiting I got this: Flagcichlid

    Hi, Tom. Thanks for your interest in my post. My fish are still young and have no vertical markings. Only the diagonal band of dark/black spots from the snout to dorsal fin extension. But I will undoubtedly keep this chart for future reference - when my Mesonauta's grow and mature and show...
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    After months waiting I got this: Flagcichlid

    Hello, everybody. @Hellfishguy , You say 'considerably larger' than 8cm? According to what I have been able to pick up on the net it should grow to about 10cm (~4") (fishbase states 9.4cm (also gives 20cm, but with a reference not specific to M. insignis), seriouslyfish states 10cm and wikipedia...
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    Calm Water Vs Moving Water

    Hi, everybody. About the issue on 'flow', I'd just add a few thoughts. In Nature the whole surface of contact between river-bed and and water is a huge filtration surface. And the water is constantly moving over this 'filter'. Even in stagnant pools and ponds, there will be flow though the bed...
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    After months waiting I got this: Flagcichlid

    Hi, everyone. After more than a year waiting, I finally got some flagcichlids. They were sold as Mesonauta insignis. Size is 2,5 to 3 cm (an inch or slightly longer). I got 10. They were bagged in two bags, saturday afternoon - they where only 'unbagged' and acclimated sunday, some 25-26 hours...
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    A. cf. agassizii 'Xingu'

    Hi, all. It never stops to amuse me, to see their tiny orange bellies, a few minutes after injecting some brine shrimp into the water.. I wish you the best of luck at raisng the kindergarden. Cheers!
  12. Siggi

    Female to male ratio in A. nijsseni

    Hi, all. Thanks, again, Mike for sharing a knowledgeable opinion. I'll update you on the progress.
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    Female to male ratio in A. nijsseni

    What I mean is, once it grows in, will it be a tank that works fine with Apistos? Three males (maybe more if the youngs I have, are males)... The aquascape is two-sided so it will naturally create two territories. My hope is that its complexity will hold more territories... Thx ;-)
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    Female to male ratio in A. nijsseni

    Hi all. Thanks Mike, for your quick response. 'Not harems' - so, one male to one female. 'breeding pais, not mated pairs - so, they only stick together during breeding. Did I get that right? Does this mean the females only defend an area in the breeding season and the remaining time they do not...
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    Female to male ratio in A. nijsseni

    Hi, all. I'm finally setting up my 1200 L (330 Gal) aquarium. The substrate is DIY (expanded clay, sintered glass filter medium, broken clay pots, potting soil and activated charcoal); on top of that locally collected coarse and fine gravel. I am in the landscape creation phase and hope to deal...
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