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  1. Apistomaster

    dwarf cockatoo fry, only 15 in 10 gallon, is there enough micro organism foods?

    A. cacatuoides fry have no trouble eating bbs or mikroworms as their first foods. Infusoria cultures are not of much use for Apistogramma. Tetras and Betta spp fry often need infusoria for a few days to ten days depending on the species.
  2. Apistomaster

    Apistogramma Iniridae

    I have these poor quality photos of a pair of Apistogramma iniridae I had some years ago. They are basically the Orinoco Basin's version of A. pertensis. Male Female
  3. Apistomaster

    ID dwarf banded cichlids please.

    If you have a friend on the Washington State side of the border it is easy to get some fish by having them sent to the friend's USA address and all you need for customs is an invoice identifying the species and the price paid. It is getting cold enough to be risky to use Express Mail but I do it...
  4. Apistomaster

    Nannacara or Ivanacara adoketa

    Nannacara anomala or maybe they were Nannacara sp. Essequibo used to be commonly imported into the USA along with many other indigenous fishes from the Guyanas about 40 years ago. Somewhere along the way I believe diplomatic and trade issues arose due to nationalized industries and other...
  5. Apistomaster

    Wild ramirezi pictures

    I have been meaning to try a group of wild Rams. I like wild type Discus and Apistogramma more than domestic strains and I don't see any great improvement between wild fish like your Rams and the domestics. It seems to me like domestic Rams, like domestic Discus, have diminished brood care...
  6. Apistomaster

    Taeniacara Candidi

    Matt, You may want to try an image hosting site like imageshack or photobucket. Upload the desired photos then copy the (IMG)********(IMG) line and Ctrl+V to paste photos within the body field. I use photobucket and here is an example of a photo linked to a photobucket album: F1 Nhamunda Blue Discus
  7. Apistomaster

    [Breeding] Apistogramma sp. Abacaxis sauvage

    Congratulations on your success. I received a few pairs of wild Apistogramma sp :Abacaxis as A. agassizi several years ago but I wasn't successful breeding mine.
  8. Apistomaster

    cacatuoides finally breed

    I would not use any Bushy Nose more than 3/4 inch long but I often have some baby common normal or albino BN Plecos around and I frequently include a small one in a breeding tank but once they grow to more than about 3/4 inch they may eat eggs before they hatch but they are unlikely to eat the...
  9. Apistomaster

    Adding cockatoos...

    Kribs and Angels aren't good tank mates for any Apistos you hope to breed. It's been a few years since i last raised any A. cacatuoides but the last time I did I was surprised at how colorful my females were. Here is a photo which shows representative specimens from a brood of about 150. The...
  10. Apistomaster

    dwarf cockatoo fry, only 15 in 10 gallon, is there enough micro organism foods?

    The last time I raised some Apistogramma cacatuoides the pair was set up in a ten gallon tank but despite this confined space they raised over 150 fry. Of course after about two weeks I had to move and divide the fry betwen a couple 40 gal grow out tanks. I may have used mikroworms sometimes...
  11. Apistomaster

    help needed for apisto tank mates

    Nannostomus eques is a very popular dither species for many Apistogramma breeders. They eat very small foods and are mainly surface oriented. They are also long lived. I have had specimens live six years. The only drawback is that they are excellent jumpers and will find the smallest of opening...
  12. Apistomaster

    Splashing Tetra ID

    I bought the spotted Copella from Portland, OR's wetspottropicalfish as C. nattereri. I did not spawn this species. I bred the fish ste12000 posted and raised almost 90 fry to adults. They resembled C. nigrofasciata but I doubt very much that they were originally caught in SE Brazil. Their...
  13. Apistomaster

    Splashing Tetra ID

    I have bred a Copella species which to my eyes looked exactly like your fish. Some on line dealers are selling a spotted Copella species under the wrong name and they are the same fish as shown in photos in the link below. I had a a dozen but I did not get any to spawn that I know of. These are...
  14. Apistomaster

    what a good day today was

    Hypancistrus sp L066 usually have large spawns. 30 on the low end and 50 to 60 being pretty usual. The largest Hypancistrus I breed is L333 and they regularly produce 45 and more fry per spawn. They get about 2/3 to 3/4 as large as L066. It will be hard for you to get an accurate count without...
  15. Apistomaster

    Taeniacara Candidi

    My experience with them has been similar to Chromedomes. But they are pretty easy to sex but subdominant males do have a knack for passing themselves off as females when that helps reduce attacks from the dominant male and they get to hang out with the females more possibly giving the...
  16. Apistomaster

    help! they keep eating their eggs

    If the eggs disappear every time then it may be time to consider trying artificial hatching methods. Depends on how badly you want some fry. There seems to be pattern among many Apistogramma species, especially those you really want to breed, to lose one of the breeders. I often pull my first...
  17. Apistomaster

    Red eggs?

    My experience with egg colors is the same as Mike's. I think the first spawns from wild Apistogramma tend to be red as are the eggs of Apistos which are receiving plenty of newly hatched brine shrimp. I am sure that diets rich in carotenoids will always trend red. Many of the eggs from tank...
  18. Apistomaster

    L260 queen arabesque

    I am doing my best to expand my L260 breeding colony but they are not prolific, small spawns(10-15), delicate fry losses and generally difficult to raise for me anyway. I have about 35 but I won't be offering any L260 until I have more than 50 set aside for breeding. Basically I am one perfect...
  19. Apistomaster

    What type of A. agassi or is it something similar?

    I bought a pair as Tefe but they are not quite what I associate with a Tefe Aggie. Looks like Apistogramma cf. agassizii Ampiyacu to me. Pair
  20. Apistomaster

    Otos Vs. Cherry shrimp

    Both sexes eat algae but less so once fully grown. I have been able to keep Cherry Shrimp colonies going in planted breeding tanks which have few Apistogramma and believe it or not, even with Dwarf Pike Cichlids like Cr. wallacei and Cr. notothalmus..
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