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  1. apistobob

    How do you feed your fish & clean up.

    www.dwarfcichlid.com/Good_food.php
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    Can Apistos survive 3 weeks without feeding?

    In my experiance three weeks is starting to push the limit for expecting no negative results. I have, on several occaisions, gone three weeks without feeding. Normally, there is little loss of fish - adults or fry. However, I have had exceptions. This past fall I went just under three weeks...
  3. apistobob

    ID Apisto Meinkeni?????

    I think Mike is on the right track. Here is a page about this color form. There is another photo of a male oin the home page of the site. http://dwarfcichlid.com/rioxingu.html Bob
  4. apistobob

    Spam Private Messages???

    I got the exact same message and assumed it was spam. I did not reply but will if you want me to Ted. Bob
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    Sex of A.cacatuoides - help please

    Kitti, I believe that both are females. Bob
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    Dwarf Cichlid Talk in Chicago

    Hi all, If any one is interested, and in the area, I will be giving a presentation at Sunday's meeting of the Greater Chicago Cichlid Association titled "Keeping and Breeding Dwarf Cichlids". This will be mostly an overview of the husbandry techniques that I use but I will have a lot of...
  7. apistobob

    Apistogramma atahualpa: The Sunset

    It is quite eqsy to sex mature atahualpa. However, it can sometimes be more difficult with sub adults. Onve a female adopts spawning or brood care coloration she is easily identifiable by her color and pattern. Refer to this site http://dwarfcichlid.com/atahualpa.html for photos of mature fish...
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    Apisto Agassizii, German bred Gold.

    <Will they breed true in terms of colouration?> I think the answer to this is maybe. It will depend on the female. If the female is of the same strain it is highly likely that they will breed true. However, I have had instances where a highly developed color strain of a fish is "protected" by...
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    My next big thing: Apistos!

    Yes, Anchor Bay was originally started by Dolores and Dewey. They sold Anchor Bay to Casey and opened Wet Thumb as a hatchery and mail order operation (I believe this was in the early 1990's). Anchor Bay is a typical full service pet store with a long passion for dwarfs. Wet thumb is much more...
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    My next big thing: Apistos!

    There used to be quite a few apisto fans in Michigan, however, it has been years since I was in contact with them. Casey at Anchor Bay Aquarium in New Baltimore almost always has an assortment of dwarfs in stock. Wet Thumb Aquatics as mentioned by Lisa is also in New Baltimore. Both of these...
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    need some info on ap. baenschi and eliza

    I'll echo Mike on this one. There is a simple reason why we don't get the great fish - we are not willing to pay! As soon as the average American hobbyist is willing to pay hundreds of dollars for great fish we will have them available. Unfortunately, most of us think that a shop charging $50...
  12. apistobob

    One of my Bolivian Rams

    It looks to me like a male. Females usually don't show a tube until they are ready to spawn and it is very blunt. Check out some photos here http://dwarfcichlid.com/altispinosa.html
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    A. Iniridea

    I kept these for many years and found that they were pretty typical for apistos except for breeding. They were quite prolific but the only times that I could get successful hatches were at very low pH - often below 4.0. They were a favorite of mine the males of the strain I had would develop red...
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    natural diet

    This link will take you to a paper that examines the diets of cardinal tetras in the Rio Negro. It contains some info on the macroinvertebrates found there. http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0044-59672004000100009&script=sci_arttext
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    Widowed dwarfs

    I have a couple of tanks that I use for assorted fish that I don't plan to breed or sell and plan to keep until they die. They often contain an interesting mix of species and sexes. Occaisionally I will have as many as five or six different species in these tanks and they make great community...
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    Romer Book - Used

    As Mike Wise and others have discussed, the Romer book "Cichlid Atlas Vol 1" is no longer available from most book sellers. I was just on Amazon looking at things and discovered that they have a single copy available as a used book. However, it is quite expensive - $1,858.92! I don't think...
  17. apistobob

    Triple Reds

    Do not feed until the fry are free swimming. This is usually 4-5 days after the eggs hatch. You will be able to tellwhen they are swimming and not just laying on the bottom. If you keep live plants, I would add some fine leaved plants now. I especially like to use java moss. As soon as the...
  18. apistobob

    Is this a male or femal cockatoo?

    I disagree. I believe this is a typical male with repressed development because of the presence of other males. I suspect that given a tank to itself it would soon develop into an undisputable male.
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    Apisto cacatuoides

    Try this site for a little bit of info. http://www.dwarfcichlid.com/cacatoides.html Bob
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    GPASI Fish Spectacular-Apistos Available

    I have to travel to Pittsburg for business in mid April. Are there any shops there that carry apistos or other rare fish? Thanks Bob
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