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  1. Mike Wise

    Ivanacara bimaculata eggs

    It is definitely worth a try. You might even consider covering the sides and front.
  2. Mike Wise

    Ivanacara bimaculata eggs

    I agree with KenL. Keep trying with parents or female alone. If still unsuccessful - and the eggs appear fertile - then treat them like angelfish eggs when artificially hatching. My guess right now is that there is something in or around the tank that disturbs the fish.
  3. Mike Wise

    Looking for Info on Rocks and Plants in this Picture...

    "Rocks" are probably plastic imitations. The arch looks too delicate to support the its weight if it was normal rock.
  4. Mike Wise

    ID help

    Probably
  5. Mike Wise

    south american 75g with two pairs?

    If you read topics on this site concerning mixing apisto pairs and mixing apisto pairs in a community setting you will find that most experienced apisto keepers consider this a bad idea.
  6. Mike Wise

    Ivanacara adoketa vent photo

    Mature females always have darker faces than males. Mature males show more distinct sub- and supraorbital bands than females.
  7. Mike Wise

    First-time Apistogramma cacatuoides keeper - Is my small ( 30L ) tank adequate?

    Poor advice IMHO. Fry feed and grow much better under the care of their mother. Exactly Again, poor advice IMHO. Topping off a tank only concentrates the pollutants and water hardness. This I accept if only the roots are in the tank, sort of like hydroponic gardening.
  8. Mike Wise

    Can i. bimaculata and l. curviceps be in the same 75g tank?

    I think so, too. I. adoketa with L. curviceps might be a different matter.
  9. Mike Wise

    Ivanacara adoketa vent photo

    That's how I sex them. Beautiful photos Ayazad!
  10. Mike Wise

    Ivanacara adoketa vent photo

    The vents (anus) are the same on both sexes. It's the genital papilla that are different. On males it is small and pointed. On females it is larger and blunt (ovipositor). This is common to all Chilasomines. Sadly these are most pronounced when the fish are about to breed.
  11. Mike Wise

    'lipstick' pencilfish ??

    Appears that you have one very rogue fish there. They do occur. I knew someone who had a Silver-tip tetra (Hasemania nana) that forced every fish in a 5'/1.5m tank into about 1'/30cm side of the tank. You do know that Lebiasinidae (pencilfish and related genera) are related to predatory...
  12. Mike Wise

    Ivanacara bimaculata eggs

    I've had 4 year old apistos produce fry. Yes, I was very surprised. I have a 3 year old 'pair' of A. wolli right now and I think they are in the mood if not got eggs/fry. This is one reason that I regularly feed live bbs regularly. You never know.
  13. Mike Wise

    Pair of A.Ortegai

    What Frank wrote. I wouldn't be certain unless I collected them myself from the Quebrada Paucaryacu, in the Middle Río Ampiyacu. I wonder if it is still cocaine country and not safe to enter??
  14. Mike Wise

    blackwater tank cycling?

    No, new blood in all of that time. In 2012 I collected and brought home 3 specimens of each sex. I got 2 breeding pairs and a lot of offspring. These were crossed with the 2 unpaired fish and with different broods. All bred true to the wild form for about 6 generations (~5 years). Then I would...
  15. Mike Wise

    A. sp. “Guajaramirim”(Rio Yata)

    Lovely photos. Other than fewer bands in the caudal fin, it looks just like A. cf. resticulosa Mamore Blue (oriiginally imported as A. sp. Malome in the 1990s). They are both found in the same area of the Lower Rio Mamore around Guajará-Mirim on the Brazil/Bolivia border.
  16. Mike Wise

    Pair of A.Ortegai

    It is a species of the orgeagi-subcomplex but I have my doubts that they are the true A. orteagai. I'd be more comfortable about an ID if I could see more photos of the female in dominance or brood dress, or even of the male showing a stress pattern.
  17. Mike Wise

    blackwater tank cycling?

    How funny. My A. wolli, which I've been keeping and breeding since I brought the species back from Peru in 2012, are always out in front. Not really beggars but always ignore me and go about their business.
  18. Mike Wise

    Nijsenni eggs

    Unless tipped upside down with only a narrow opening most apistos ignore them as spawning sites. The are open too wide.
  19. Mike Wise

    A. flabellicauda with fry

    Yes and no. It was seen as a population of A. uaupesi - A156 (as the Bork photo in DATZ Sonderheft/Special Publication). It is also considered to be the same as A. sp. D42 and possibly the same as A. sp D44.
  20. Mike Wise

    Viejita ID...

    I agree with your last statement. Know your fish ... or expect the consequences.
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