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  1. Tom C

    Idenification update

    No, it has not been scientifically described yet. But we have got this beautiful article about them: A Colombian Beauty – Apistogramma sp. ‘Kiemenfleck/Gill-spot’ As similar specimens as the A. sp. "D37" now has been found in three different locations, I think we all would welcome a DNA...
  2. Tom C

    Hello, I'm very interested in the Apistgramma you collected near the Jirijirimo waterfalls in...

    Hello, I'm very interested in the Apistgramma you collected near the Jirijirimo waterfalls in 2017. May I ask if you still have them, and if so, if it might be possible for me to buy a few ?
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  3. Tom C

    New Apistograma set up advise please

    If you really want an Apistogramma setup: - Apistogramma belong to the tribe Geophagini, which means that they "eat earth". This is a very frequent and natural behavior, they will normally sift the substrate almost all day long, in search for food. I strongly believe that most Apistogramma...
  4. Tom C

    Hello from the Netherlands - Apeldoorn

    While most Nannostomus usually take none, or very few fry, Nannostomus beckfordi is the only species of the genus known to actively hunt for other species' fry. Moenkhausia pittieri will for sure hunt for fry. Paracheirodon axelrodi - Cardinal tetra, could be considered as a specialist on...
  5. Tom C

    Mike, we cannot send you emails. Message: 550 [email protected] account is overquota

    Mike, we cannot send you emails. Message: 550 [email protected] account is overquota
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    New Apistogramma described

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    Species ID from Youtube video I saw posted on another forum.

    The only Apistogramma so far found in the Cano Cristales in Colombia, is Apistogramma cf. alacrina. The video shows a female of this species. Here is an example of how variable the black markings can be on these females. And here is a male of the same species from the same biotope. .
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    A new impressive article

  9. Tom C

    New Apistogramma-species list!

  10. Tom C

    Apistogramma Megaptera Breeding

    Last month I had my wild pair produce around 80 freeswimming fry in peat-filtered soft "blackwater" with a pH of around 4.7. So obviously they are not very choosy about the pH. A few of the fry:
  11. Tom C

    New article!

    Today I have the pleasure of publishing on our site: An insightful, inspiring and beautiful article about the species so far called Apistogramma sp. "D37": A Colombian Beauty – Apistogramma sp. ‘Kiemenfleck/Gill-spot’ by Frank Hättich and Yukitoshi Ohnota Enjoy!
  12. Tom C

    A. D47

    Hi Rasmus, You seem to have 2 males of A. sp. "D47".
  13. Tom C

    A. Baenschi natural habitat

    Be careful, Bart. I hope you won't go there alone... I have seen photos/reports from people who have visited the area to collect A. baenschi. Neither of them have been showed a true habitat of A. baenschi by local people, they have every time been showed streams and ponds where the local...
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    Rio Orinoco biotope questions

    The waters of Orinoco and the Colombian Rio Negro mostly look like this: Some of these places we could find the amazing miniature chameleon-tetra Ammocryptocharax elegans. When it lies on a plant leaf, it is completely green. When scared, it immediately turns brown spotted, like here...
  15. Tom C

    Apistogramma sp.rotflecken

    In addition to the red spots, KOSLOWSKI (2002) said that in the true A. sp. Rotflecken/Red-flecked, "The red color of the tail fins is not restricted to the upper and lower edges, but even covers the posterior edge." My A. sp. "D23" shows a caudal fin like that (but no red spots, though):
  16. Tom C

    My Apisto Tanks

    There are loads of info about this on this forum. What you would have found, is that Mike Wise has posted this (quick & dirty) way to separate the 2 species: 1. "If it doesn't have a broad red band along the top of the dorsal fin (males), then it is not A. viejita (some strains of A. macmasteri...
  17. Tom C

    My Apisto Tanks

    Sorry to say so, but your "viejita" seems to be a A. macmasteri... probably a "Rotrücken" aquarium form.
  18. Tom C

    Hi Mike, Is your mailbox full? I'm trying to send you emails, but I'm only receiving delivery...

    Hi Mike, Is your mailbox full? I'm trying to send you emails, but I'm only receiving delivery error messages!
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  19. Tom C

    New article! Apistogramma sp. "D10"

    Yes, no wonder I believed they were males, when I first got them. This was one of them:
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    New article! Apistogramma sp. "D10"

    Today I have the pleasure of publishing on our site: An exquisite and thorough article, where most aspects of a mouth-breeding Apistogramma from Colombia are reviewed in detail. Frank Hättich and Roland Kipper's wonderful article about Apistogramma sp. "D10", a new mouthbrooder from Colombia...
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