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Hi All, i know this is a international cichlid community but if your in the UK on Sunday 1st May, please try to come and see us..We have three lectures including Anton Lamboj talking about his Gabon collecting trip, there is a huge raffle supported by all the major manufacturers and topping the...
Are most of the fish in Singapore tank bred? are there any shops or individuals who deal in wild fish? A.baenschi are often for sale from Peruvian wholesalers/exporters.. Maybe you should try to find a company that brings in a lot of wild fish and make some enquiries..
Hi Joe, welcome to the forum, lots of knowlegable Apisto keepers here to help you with any problems.. Your fish look great, now that you have the rare(In your country) females you should really get these breeding, raise up the fry and make yourself some good pocket money..
Goodluck with them.
Hi, unfortunately not.. I only ship locally. Id be interested to hear how the Apistogramma hobby is in your part of the world.. I thought you would of had Baenschi available?? its a nice easy fish and bred in large numbers across the UK, i thought that would be the situation everywhere? It gos...
Hi Nate, Teds just trimmed down that section because it was filled with online retailers that simply didnt last the distance.. Many online sellers dont last more than a year or two for one reason or another.. The old section was filled with retailers that didnt update stock lists or simply sold...
Its entirely possible for them to spawn again while there are fry still in the tank, on occasions that its happened to me the female is very defensive of the new fry and views the older fry as a threat, it always best to get them out asap if a second spawn is spotted.
The four pairs of...
Update on the eggs, all hatched fine, i was suprised but there was no bad eggs at all, almost every single one hatched out with no problem.. It looks like there are going to be a few F1 rams knocking about soon!!
This picture was taken this afternoon.
This one this evening!
My observations back that up Mike, ive noticed that they like to defend their territory and are far more prolific when kept in large groups, almost like the behaviour of central American cichlids in a way, they choose a spawning site and have to defend it from all the surrounding fishes, mine...
Auction list updated, plenty of nice fish entered into this years British cichlid association spring convention.. If your in the UK please come over and attend, its not just for members, the whole fishkeeping community is more than welcome!
Ive bred Rams for many years, ive done the whole biotope aquarium setup and have great sets of pictures of Rams spawning and raising fry, quite often the offspring would then be removed to bare growout tanks and at around 3-4 months of age they would start to defend the corners(Easiest place to...
I love Rams.. They are a beautiful fish and im sure many people have never seen wilds in the flesh, there are so many strains available now and very few of those are a improvement on the wild fish.
Last month i imported a box of rams direct from Columbia and was pleasantly suprised by the...
Hi all, im itching to start a new project in the fishroom, dont get me wrong i love breeding the Apistos i have and get great pleasure from them, sometimes though it can get a little bit routine and to keep my interest i like to start little projects, ive done a lot of tetras, pencilfish and...
Ill Echo Jeff, welcome to the forum..
I can never understand why Europeans apologise for speaking English, your English is far better than everyones Norwegian so i really see no need to apologise.
Welcome to the forum and i hope that you become involved in discussions. Cheers
Fish like these are expensive as they are often found in remote locations and are only ever collected in small amounts. Traders like aquaticclarity take huge financial risks in bringing in select specimens from the wild and also need to make a living! They are not that expensive if you know what...
I feed newly hatched baby brineshrimp upto 10 times per day(Little and often) i hatch two batches per day.
I also feed daphnia in the spring summer(Cultured myself) Whiteworm, Grindalworm and a little of my home made seafood mix(Shrimp, mussel, whitefish, greens and a good cichlid pellet...
Hi Mike, your writings very much appreciated, the latest issue of Cichlidae (The British cichlid association Journal) has just been delivered and your articles excellent.. Long may it continue.
Thanks for sharing.. Very interesting and a great read. Another to add to my collection.
I have a question to the more experienced hobbiests. Why is this species (Discovered last year) described so quickly and species such as sp 'Broadband' are still undescribed even after spending 30-40...
Hi, im also in the UK, there have been several imports of European bred fish in the last few months, they were available at high prices and were still fairly small, i didnt check the sexes but assume they would be difficult, a group to ensure both sexes would cost you aprox £200 in the UK...