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  1. Tom C

    How much light...

    Very informative. Thank you. Good to have you here, Darrel!
  2. Tom C

    3 Colombian Apistogramma

    Several new forms/species of Apistogramma have been collected in Colombia the last months, and some of them have reached my tanks. I will not reveal anything about the collecting locations, I have therefor given them the preliminary names Apistogramma sp. "D1" to Apistogramma sp. "D6". Two...
  3. Tom C

    Breeding splash tetras....

    My infusoria shoal when I put light on them:
  4. Tom C

    A.Kelleri

    Please write Apistogramma sp. "Kelleri". The term "Apistogramma Kelleri" would mean that it is a scientifically described species, and that is not the case, this species is undescribed. I have experienced that the females of this species might be very aggressive against each other, so if you go...
  5. Tom C

    Breeding splash tetras....

    Great! Not often people are as good prepared as you are! For me there is something magic with huge numbers of fry ... as when Apistogramma hyppolytae produced more than 200 fry from one spawning, when a female Apistogramma borellii had more than 100 fry herself, in addition "stole" all the fry...
  6. Tom C

    Ap. Diplotaenia

    Thank you! I bred this species 12 years ago, in pH 4,2, peat-filtered very soft blackwater. Now I have a pair again, and wondered if you had bred them in (very) different water. Your temperature is higher than I had ( 25-26 degrees C), it would be interesting to know (later on) if you'll get...
  7. Tom C

    Breeding splash tetras....

    Nice! Do you have infusoria / paramecium ready for them, or will you feed them with other kind of food?
  8. Tom C

    Ap. Diplotaenia

    Nice! An interesting and not very common species... I would appreciate if you would share some of your water parameters with us. (Temp, pH and TDS or conductivity)
  9. Tom C

    apistogramma sp.mitu breeding

    Mike, I believe you are thinking of an other species? Accordingt to my source in Colombia, and I. Koslowski's book, the A. sp. "Mitu" is collected in the Rio Vaupés drainage near Mitú, in Colombia.
  10. Tom C

    True Apistogramma viejita brought to Europe

    Well, they have been in the UK, Germany and Norway since late 2014... Your male has a quite different dorsal fin than mine have, here is one of mine (wild): They have produced quite a few fry in all the countries mentioned, here are some of mine: So now I think this species will be...
  11. Tom C

    Collecting.....

    Only this one shows this now, as far as I can see. But the other males are smaller, and have just started to develop extensions. So pro tempore it's not possible to say if the others will look similar.
  12. Tom C

    Collecting.....

    I brought home two adults, and several very small ones, of the yellow (amarillo) form of Apistogramma sp. "Kelleri". After a while, the largest one tried to swallow the second largest (!), and they both died: Now the small ones have grown nicely for several month: Another photo of this...
  13. Tom C

    New name for old friend: A. unipectomaculata

    Very well done, Rolo and Frank! I suspect you guys had a lot of fun making that paper! I can only imagine one, he has even used the name of a publisher earlier... :D
  14. Tom C

    New name for old friend: A. unipectomaculata

    WOW! Now this is really getting interesting! They included the "natural hybrid" A 122 in the description? Can't wait to get the full paper...
  15. Tom C

    please id this apisto, sold as norberti!

    I live in Norway, and I'm sorry but I don't know the properties of the sand types you mention. It's important that the sand is fine, rounded (not sharp/crushed), and that it does not affect the water parameters negatively. The caudal fin pattern reminds me of the pattern of some populations of...
  16. Tom C

    please id this apisto, sold as norberti!

    I'm sorry to say so, but your substrate is one of the least customized to Apistogramma I've ever seen. It even looks sharp! So I repeat what I've posted earlier: Apistogramma belong to the tribe Geophagini, which means that they "eat earth". This is a very frequent and natural behavior, they...
  17. Tom C

    Lake Glemende biotope

    WOW! Wonderful photos! :)
  18. Tom C

    Apistogramma cf. cacatuoides (Rio Acre)

    Thank you Gerald. A name that would fit perfect as a final name, when described! :) Let's hope we'll find a way to arrange this, in one way or another. I just did, Mike. In post #22. Didn't you like it? :D .
  19. Tom C

    Apistogramma cf. cacatuoides (Rio Acre)

    A very good and "correct" proposal, Mark! I really hope this could be the base for the final name, when you'll describe it, in a few years! I must admit I found this spectacular (Definition of the adjective "spectacular" : beautiful in a dramatic and eye-catching way.). So: Apistogramma sp...
  20. Tom C

    Apistogramma cf. cacatuoides (Rio Acre)

    As the name A. sp. "Rio Acre" was the former name of Apistogramma acrensis, we should not use this. Suggestions for provisional name other than "A. sp. aff. cacatuoides (Rio Acre)" would be appreciated! Anybody?
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