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  1. Tom C

    Some Apistogrammas from Peru...

    I haven't kept them yet, so I don't know anything about their behavior, nor do I have any information about what their habitats look like, water parameters, etc. The fisherman who collects them has finding and selling rare ornamental fish as his only way to earn money, to support his family. Why...
  2. Tom C

    Some Apistogrammas from Peru...

    I have updated Apisto News with new photos of A. sp. "Ladislao" today. Beautiful fish! https://tomc.no/page.aspx?PageID=53
  3. Tom C

    I. Adoketa

    Rio Cuiari, Eastern Colombia, December 2018: Ivanacara adoketa, both big ones: and smaller ones: Other fishes found in the habitat: and Copella: Because they lived in the same waters , I tried some Copella eigenmanni together with a pair of I. adoketa from the Río Cuiari, here. But...
  4. Tom C

    New Mikrogeophagus described

    Mikrogeophagus maculicauda
  5. Tom C

    Apistogramma d29

    That depends mostly on the tank's footprint, not the amount of liters. A 75cmx40cm footprint and 25cm height might work, but the bigger footprint the more interesting behavior might be observed. Of course it also depends what kind of structures you'll put in there... In the river where we...
  6. Tom C

    Apistogramma d29

    Wow! Thank you for this information, Frank. We probably can't rely solely on the human eye here. We need a mapping, analysis and comparison of the total genetic material here to see how much, if anything, separates these two forms.
  7. Tom C

    Apistogramma d29

    Yes, the females look a little bit different in breeding dress: A. sp. "Schwarzkehl": A. sp. "D29": The habitats: We collected the A. sp. "Schwarzkehl" in residual water inside such oases, on the Colombian plains; Llanos: and also in small and slightly larger ponds more openly...
  8. Tom C

    Some species will not be exported from Colombia for a while.

    Great! This is sensentional, Mike! I have never seen this, althoug I have kept the species for decades. I have seen spawning behavior many times: and I'm quite sure I have seen a few eggs falling down. But I have never seen any fry. To my knowledge, this species has never been bred in...
  9. Tom C

    Some species will not be exported from Colombia for a while.

    Are you sure they are not Nannostomus eques, Mike? I know nothing about the tank and conditions you keep them in now, so it's not possible to say what to try to change. I get fry from mine in two different ways: 1. I put a well fed pair alone in a very small tank ( I use 21cmx30cmx20,5cm...
  10. Tom C

    Some species will not be exported from Colombia for a while.

    The Colombian authorities have, due to overfishing, banned the collection and export of the following species for the whole of 2022 and 2023: Corydoras axelrodi, Corydoras metae, Apteronotus galvisi, Eigenmannia virescens, Dicrossus filamentosus, Rineloricaria eigenmanni and Farlowella vittata...
  11. Tom C

    Apistogramma elizabethae question

    I really like your attitude! Not many people reflect on the fact that specimens "of the same species" caught far apart may actually be different species. A. elizabethae seems to live in the region of the Negro, Uaupés and Içana. It is widely distributed there. The type locality is a right side...
  12. Tom C

    looking for nannacara adoketa

    @martink: My friend has sent you an email.
  13. Tom C

    looking for nannacara adoketa

    There are quite a few of them in the UK. A friend of mine in Liverpool breeds them continuously. Right now he has young ones about 1"1/2, not yet sexable though. Let me know if that is interesting... P.S. This species was moved to the genus Ivanacara by Römer and Hahn in 2006. So it's...
  14. Tom C

    Resources on learning about apisto?

    @rogero, I sincerely apologize. I missed that you just copied that list from reddit. My reaction was based on a belief that you are the one who created the list and the hyperlinks... I was wrong. I didn't miss that. And yes, normal (hyper)links to a website's pages are of course completely ok...
  15. Tom C

    Resources on learning about apisto?

    The first thing you should learn is that you have no right to use other people's photos as you want. You have used my and others' photos in your list, much has been stolen from Fishbase. Below most of the photos you have used from Fishbase, it is clearly stated: "© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Image may...
  16. Tom C

    Ivanacara bimaculata is this the correct name now?

    This Swede seems to have collected them in 2019, and bred them just a few months ago ...
  17. Tom C

    Dealing with hard tapwater with high nitrates

    Aqualife Leyland is also a very nice shop. They often have a good stock of not-so-common Apistogramma. And they deliver to your door...
  18. Tom C

    Which apistogramma to choose for an Igarapé do Daracua biotope ?

    Apistogramma wapisana is also found in the vicinity of Barcelos.
  19. Tom C

    Back to Peru

    I wish you the best of luck! (and hope you avoid getting infected with Omicron). If you need a very hard working and skilled fisherman and one who can arrange most things; my fisherman in Iquitos is available for assignments...
  20. Tom C

    Congochromis dimidiatus

    I only keep Parosphromenus nagyi now
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