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  1. Hellfishguy

    Female cacatuoides?

    Any idea what species it is?
  2. Hellfishguy

    Female cacatuoides?

    I know this post was like 6 years ago, but is there any chance you still keep paulmuelleri?
  3. Hellfishguy

    Buying Wild Rams

    Oops, my bad.
  4. Hellfishguy

    Buying Wild Rams

    I got a pair of wild Rio Nanay cacatuoides from Apistodave a few weeks back. He might still have some left.
  5. Hellfishguy

    Laetacara Species ID

    Definitely a dorsigera.
  6. Hellfishguy

    Laetacara Species ID

    Definitely a dorsigera.
  7. Hellfishguy

    Unexpected A. paulmuelleri behavior.

  8. Hellfishguy

    Unexpected A. paulmuelleri behavior.

  9. Hellfishguy

    Dicrossus maculatus's PH and hardness???

    I've kept many species, including D maculatus, healthy & spawning without having to resort to blood or blackworms. It's just not worth the risk. My macs would spawn after a heavy feeding of BBS. It was a joy to watch a 3.5 inch male picking off Artemia nauplii with the species' signature...
  10. Hellfishguy

    Dicrossus maculatus's PH and hardness???

    My wild caught fish were not picky eaters. They ate flake as enthusiastically as my home bred chex. D. maculatus aren't black water fish, so they don't require the tanins from almond leaves, but they seem to enjoy flipping leaves over searching for food. I use oak leaves, which don't break...
  11. Hellfishguy

    Dicrossus maculatus's PH and hardness???

    I've found that blackworms & bloodworms caused them to bloat very quickly. Once I changed their diet to flake, pellet, frozen brine & grindal worms the bloating ceased. One of my tank raised D. maculatus is 3 years old.
  12. Hellfishguy

    Apistogramma Agassizii Fire Red

    You might want to try a breeding cave with an entrance too small for the male to enter.
  13. Hellfishguy

    Laetacara curviceps in a community tank

    The first photo is a male L. araguaiae about 18 months old. The second is a female of the same age.
  14. Hellfishguy

    Laetacara curviceps in a community tank

    L araguaiae are tricky to sex when not fully grown, but adult males are significantly larger than females& have a steeper forehead. Females are generally the darker of the pair in brood care coloration. Fins on both males & females are pretty much the same length; the males don't grow long...
  15. Hellfishguy

    Laetacara curviceps in a community tank

    The female of your pair is most likely guarding eggs or wrigglers. The pair will become very aggressive defending their young, taking over a substantial portion of the tank. BTW, your fish are L. araguaiae; the "sideburns" are a dead giveaway.
  16. Hellfishguy

    Pelvicachromis silviae spawn

    Thanks.
  17. Hellfishguy

    Pelvicachromis silviae spawn

    It's the pair's first spawn & there are only about 20 fry. I'm amazed at how quickly they're growing - even faster than my Apistogramma paulmuelleri fry.
  18. Hellfishguy

    Pelvicachromis silviae spawn

    My P. silviae finally presented me with a spawn after 8 months of waiting for them to get down to business. A very beautiful species, I'm really enjoying keeping them.
  19. Hellfishguy

    Abacaxis

    Bucket list fish.
  20. Hellfishguy

    ortegai sexing

    My "ortegai" have also spawned. I was disappointed when I realized that my fish were A. paulmuelleri, but they've turned out to be very attractive in their own right. They're not at all shy & so far they've proven to be very good parents.
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