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  1. Tom C

    Marble hatchets

    I would not bet on the guy highest up is LESS than 18 inch (45 cm) above the surface: :eek:
  2. Tom C

    Marble hatchets

    A small tributary to the Rio Curaray, Peru: Sitting in a canoe, I noticed some interesting ripples on the water surface, and that there seemed to be a lot of movements below it: Suddenly a predator (unknown) attacked the small fishes, who escaped by jumping: Afterwards, thousands of...
  3. Tom C

    Help sexing Apistogramma Ortegai

    Interesting! As far as I know, I'm the only Norwegian who has collected A. cf. ortegai (Pebas) in the wild, but that was back in 2006 and 2008 (LINK). Others may of course have collected it without my knowledge, or just brought fishes back from Peru, though... I wish you good luck finding a male...
  4. Tom C

    Unknown plant

    Yes, your plant definitely looks different from mine (I saw yours in the 'Breeding splash tetras'-thread). But if I, for example, look at the photo presented here (LINK), it looks much more like my plant than yours. So until you dig up something more, I'll believe that I got the Macaya...
  5. Tom C

    Help sexing Apistogramma Ortegai

    Based on the shape of the double caudal spot, your fish are not A. ortegai. They are one of the A. cf. ortegai (Pebas) forms. So that is what you should look for.
  6. Tom C

    Breeding splash tetras....

    Congratulations, Rasmus!
  7. Tom C

    Unknown plant

    Don't be sorry. I appreciate your willingness to help!
  8. Tom C

    Unknown plant

    That seems to be spot on, Ben! Thank you very much!
  9. Tom C

    Unknown plant

    This plant (The light green stem plant with hundreds of narrow leaves) has a history. A few small pieces of it was brought back from a fish trip in Guyana, in 1999, by Alf Stahlsberg (1948 - 2022). A friend of him was given a piece of it, and successfully cared for this plant all the time...
  10. Tom C

    Casey’s Tropical Fish

    The fish is listed in our species list, but with its first names. The additional name A. sp. Floricho showed up after our latest update (February 26, 2023), and will be listed as an other name, together with A. sp. "Balsapuerto", on our next update.
  11. Tom C

    A. Sp. vaupes and A. Sp. gillspot WC

    Here is Utaka's stock list.
  12. Tom C

    A. Sp. vaupes and A. Sp. gillspot WC

    As I heat the room, and not each individual tank, I assume the temperature varies somewhere between 24 and 27 °C.
  13. Tom C

    A. Sp. vaupes and A. Sp. gillspot WC

    I keep mine in peat-filtered water with a pH of around 5, and an electrical conductivity of about 30 MicroSiemens/cm ( = tds < 20), conditions in which they seem to thrive, spawn and live for quite a long time. Never mind the pH, but I would definitely lower the tds a bit if you intend to keep...
  14. Tom C

    A. Sp. vaupes and A. Sp. gillspot WC

    We discovered the A. sp. "D39" primo February 2017, here: There is a small lake behind the trees. Not pure blackwater, but influenced by such. Unfortunately, my measuring instrument (which measures pH, electrical conductivity and temperature) was non-functional at this time, so I do not have...
  15. Tom C

    Keeping and breeding wild agassizii

    It reminds me of this one, collected in the Rio Corrientes:
  16. Tom C

    Is there a good hatchet fish for blackwater conditions ?

    I have found A. (cf.) bitaeniata together with Nannostomus marginatus, N. trifasciatus and N. eques. I like to keep them with the latter.
  17. Tom C

    Is there a good hatchet fish for blackwater conditions ?

    The one I've always found in blackwaters, is Carnegiella strigata. Here from the Río Curaray (a southern (right side) tributary to the Río Napo) in Peru, collected together with A. (cf.) bitaeniata:
  18. Tom C

    Other beautiful species of Apistogramma

    The fish you call A. sp. "Diamond Face" is, as far as we know today, identical to Apistogramma megastoma (former A. sp. "Kelleri"). It is regularly available in the trade. This is wrong. A. sp. "Abacaxis", also called A. sp. "Wilhelmi", has never been scientifically described. So "Apistogramma...
  19. Tom C

    Ivanacara adoketa distinct populations or multiple species?

    I have only kept I. adokata from the Rio Negro and Rio Cuiari. I have not noticed any morphological or behavioral differences. So it will be as Mike says: we'll have to wait for DNA analyses. But it wouldn't surprise me if some of the populations turn out to be separate species. BTW: You mention...
  20. Tom C

    Apistogramma ID needed. Maybe Velifera?

    Colombia 2017. A lake connected to the Río Guaviare: We had company up on the fallen trees: in the air: and along the banks: The only eatable fishes for the only family living in the area, were these: We found a very interesting fish here: A tiny representative for the...
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