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Glaser definitely can make mistakes. I just got a different fish in the 3 pairs of Apistogramma psammophila I ordered, and probably only 1 female, maybe none
Yup understood, that's why I used inverted commas for "pair" in the first post. Just meant a male-female pairing per tank. The local importer isn't confident that Glaser will make good the wrong fish sent, so I asked him to add a box of this species in his next Colombia shipment. Hopefully...
Thank you very much for the confirmation. I will try and get a replacement fish from Glaser. The other issue is the gender of the other 5 fish. Being wildcaught, none of the fins are in perfect condition, and being stressed in the bag makes ID even harder before releasing them into their...
I just ordered 3 "pairs" of Apistogramma psammophila from Aquarium Glaser, but one of the 6 pieces doesn't look like it's the correct species. It's hard to get a good picture in the bag, and even harder in the tank if I release it now, but is anyone able to help take a look at the poor pictures...
Thank you! I have been feeding them live and frozen foods to hopefully condition the female back to breeding readiness. Not sure why the last spawn failed after 8 days
I managed to get a relatively clean source of tubifex worms this week (as clean as tubifex can be anyway) - they're farmed for aquarium use and not collected from waste water, and apparently they're grown on compost bio waste not industrial waste. Anyway, I took a risk and bought enough to feed...
I bought a pair of wild caught A. uaupesi some time ago. I know that uaupesi can be hard to pair up, but fortuitously we discovered that this pair had bred when they were being packed at the shop - turns out that the female had been guarding eggs in the cave that unfortunately got disturbed...
I removed the obvious pair into their own tank, and it seems another pair formed out if the remaining 3 - a male and a female always hang out together and the last male is always hiding on its own. I separated the new pair into another tank and coincidentally an import of Ivanacara bimaculata...
Thank you all for sharing your experience. I think that I will get the Sudo Bottom Sand. It isn't as fine as the Peru sand that Mike shared pictures of, but I think it's at least smaller in grain size than 1mm.
This is the product picture that I downloaded. Does it look ok?
The...
Thank you! The sand from Peru is really super fine. I notice that the sand you use is at least 2-3mm - are dwarf cichlids able to chew sand that large? Or is it just not necessary to have fine sand?
For the dwarf cichlids to be able to chew through the sand, I assume 1mm grain size would be too large? Dennerle sand is 1-2mm, while the JBL sand is smaller at about 0.3-0.6mm and Sudo sand is in between I think 0.5-1mm. Would JBL be the only suitable option of the 3?
Thank you all for the great suggestions. The ceramic pots I bought to plant the potted plants in are about 8-10cm in height and diameter so the plan was for them to be the line of sight breakers in each tank. The breeding caves I use also have just a small hole as a single entrance exit. In...
Sorry if I wasn't clear.
I have no intention of keeping more than 1 pair per tank. I'm not even intending to keep dithers with each pair as I know it's not recommended. I did mention in my first sentence that I was setting up breeding tanks (plural), not 1 tank. 16 to be exact.
The primary...
I'm setting up some breeding tanks for dwarf cichlids, mainly Apistogramma but I may try others as well as and when they are available to me (e.g. at the moment I have 2 pairs of Ivanacara bimaculata waiting to go into the tanks). I'm planning to keep the tanks functional and not...
They are actually all pretty coloured up at the moment, very similar to the most colourful ones on Google images. I've been feeding them Repashy (a mix of bottom scratcher and spawn & grow) to condition them and bulk them up
I was thinking of letting them form a pair in the current tank, then moving the rest to another tank and letting another pair form and repeat till they all pair up (currently only 2 females but I'm adding more later this year). My only worry is that klutz me will catch the wrong fish out during...
I did think that they formed less transient pairs since they were of the same genus as Ivanacara adoketa which I found didn't pair up so easily (though the Ivanacara bimaculata are definitely less aggressive than their cousins). Would they eventually pair up if I kept them in separate...
I initially wanted to get 2 pairs, but the shop had 3m2f left and convinced me to just take them all. They were smallish then so I kept them in the same tank initially to grow them out first. I didn't notice any aggression so I'm still keeping them there for now. The tank is 42 x 16 inches...
I have 2 females and 3 males. The females have that white patch that identifies them, and also a red blob sticking out that looks like a breeding tube.
So they are kind of like rams rather than apistos? The tank they're in has an aquasoil substrate and chunky hard wood as hardscape. I've...