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  1. Mike Wise

    Bamboo

    I've found that the clay saucers used under pots are more preferable to apistos than clay pots. Just cut/break a small opening on the rim.
  2. Mike Wise

    Iranocichla

    ... does that mean fewer and fewer people know how to write or are willing to spend the time writing?:D
  3. Mike Wise

    Apistogramma rositae

    Different species behave somewhat differently. More polygamous species tend to be more intolerant of juveniles in their brood territory than those that are more monogamous (like Blutkehl) or form breeding partnerships (like rositae and Ipiranga).
  4. Mike Wise

    Apistogramma rositae

    Most will not eat older fry. The problem is that they (usually the female) try to drive their fry out of their territory (the tank)e when they are ready to breed again. I have 2 tanks where this is occurring right now. Time to break out the bottle traps.
  5. Mike Wise

    any suggestions for breeding d39?

    I never had much luck with group spawning, although I rarely had the chance since I use only smaller tanks <55 gallons. Low tanks that will show shadows cast on them is also a poor idea.
  6. Mike Wise

    Evolution Of A 70L Apistogramma Tank.

    ... or fluoresent ones of many colors!:eek:
  7. Mike Wise

    Apistogramma rositae

    You need to make the opening too small for adults (learned that the hard way). I drill an opening in the cap large enough for fry but too small for adults.
  8. Mike Wise

    Evolution Of A 70L Apistogramma Tank.

    There are plastic plants:(. So why isn't there plastic leaf litter??:D
  9. Mike Wise

    Apisto ID

    I agree with Frank. They are nice looking A. sp. "Blutkehl".
  10. Mike Wise

    Apistogramma rositae

    This is where a bottle trap is handy. Just make sure you check it every hour or two.
  11. Mike Wise

    10g Breeding Project?

    It really depends on the bottom dimensions of the tank and the apisto species. Some (a few) species can be relatively safely kept in a 24x12"/60x30cm tank as a trio or breeding pair. Other, more aggressive species, need a much larger tank to be safe.
  12. Mike Wise

    Looking For Advice (A. Borelli)

    Too much work for me.:)
  13. Mike Wise

    Looking For Advice (A. Borelli)

    I have a coffee grinder that I use to grind large pellets (Bug Bites) to finer grain. I even grind it powder-like for smaller juveniles after weaning them off bbs. My philosophy is if fish eat it, whatever it is, then great. But if it is ignored (as is most dry foods by my apistos) then it is a...
  14. Mike Wise

    One female with egg and maybe wiggles/fry?

    In an aquarium environment anything is possible. Are you certain that there were eggs in the coconut shell cave?
  15. Mike Wise

    Parasite or just a deformity?

    I may be wrong but it looks like the post (posterior) operculum is missing on one side of the fish. This isn't uncommon to see on domestic raised fry in less than optimum water conditions. Whether or not it is safe to add to other fish? That is your option. Me? I never put new fish with old...
  16. Mike Wise

    Help ID wild caught!

    Considering that there are 20+ macmasteri-subcomplex species found in Colombia, and all fairly similar in appearance, it's hard to ID from these photos. They just don't show diagnostic features found in Schwarzkehl.
  17. Mike Wise

    Apistogramma rupununi

    This species can grow larger than many apistos - up to 3.5"/8cm TL for males. As such they are probably too young to confidently sex at their size.
  18. Mike Wise

    Apistogramma rupununi

    ... and A. hippolytae is found throughout the middle Amazon. A. rupununi is also found in the upper Rio Branco of Brazl. Neither Guyana nor the upper Rio Branco are hot spots for commercial collectors. I haven't had either species since the 1990s. Both are not really difficult to reproduce in...
  19. Mike Wise

    Sold as A. Borelli 'Yellow' and listed as a male

    Looks like a young male to me. Many people think yellow always indicates female.
  20. Mike Wise

    Male or Female German Blue Rams

    Well, the fish in the center looks like a female; the other a male.
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