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  1. TCMontium

    Female ID! Agassizii Tefe vs. Agassizii Double Red.

    Just wondering: Why would you prefer trying to breed the type #1 females with the "Double Red" males first? Since the breeder says the type #2s are "Double Red" females and type #2 females are more interested in the "Double Red" males, there is a high chance that those two females are "Double...
  2. TCMontium

    Female ID! Agassizii Tefe vs. Agassizii Double Red.

    I understand the doubt if that is the case. Direct communication is important. My intuition doesn't validate anything at all actually. I guessed that because you said "I was almost sure which was which but the breeder seems to think otherwise", which made me think that the breeder was saying the...
  3. TCMontium

    Apistos for a 5 gallon? (PLEASE read whole post)

    I have done something similar. I had a 5 gallon aquarium with 35x20 cm bottom area and it only had the male Apistogramma cf. ortegai (Pebas). The female was in a bigger aquarium with her fry until they were 3-4 months old. After that, I separated the female from the fry and moved her to the 5...
  4. TCMontium

    Pictures?????

    Well, it is not possible for me right now. I get an "An unexpected database error occurred. Please try again later." error when I click at MEDIA.
  5. TCMontium

    Female ID! Agassizii Tefe vs. Agassizii Double Red.

    I do not know the difference between A. agassizii and A. sp. "Tefe" or A. sp. "Netz" females, but I think the breeder would know the fish they bred and raised until adulthood. If the breeder is wrong, than I guess they really didn't even glance at the fish they raised. Did they say "type #1"...
  6. TCMontium

    Agasizii Breeding set up

    Does your LFS want them sexable or not? If they need to be sexable you will be probably needing to grow them out for a few months, but I do not know at what size a juvenile agassizii would show sexual dimorphism. Also, if you are lucky/unlucky and get more than 1 clutch at a time, lets say 2 or...
  7. TCMontium

    Celestial Pearl Danio as Dither?

    I can't be sure but I think I read someone say Celestichthys margaritatus snatch their apisto fry one by one. Or they just said the Danios were very active and greedy/aggressive with food and could eat "huge" worms of their size and I made the fake memory that they also ate fry. Not sure.
  8. TCMontium

    What pH does TO filtration give?

    Yes, buffers make it so that in their buffer range pH will change extremely slowly, it will pretty much stay the same even if you add lots of acids or bases. But the sudden huge spikes/drops of 1.0-4.0 points of pH happen if you exceed the buffer range. That is why african cichlid keepers have...
  9. TCMontium

    What pH does TO filtration give?

    Doesn't that happen if there is a considerable amount of buffer solution like kH (CaCO3) in the water? If you use "nearly pure" water with only CO2, O2 and other dissolved gases inside, will it still experience sudden pH drops and spikes at particular points like buffer solutions do when the...
  10. TCMontium

    What pH does TO filtration give?

    My RO systems (I had several in last 8-9 years) always gave a pH of 5.0 to 6.0. I have a Dennerle Osmose Professional 190 right now and it produces water with approx. 15-20 microSiemens conductivity and 5.5 pH. Even if I let the water wait for a day or a week in a bucket the pH does not go up...
  11. TCMontium

    Rare Apisto(rositae) observation..!!

    Yeah, it sounds amazing to see. Maybe we can see some photos or a video too. :D
  12. TCMontium

    Buying pair Apistogramma borellii opal (red mask) in Germany-Stuttgart

    I would advice to search for opal in ebay-kleinanzeigen. Stuttgart should have some decent local fish shops too, it is a big city. Aquahandel, Interaquaristik, Shrimp-Visions, Heimtier-Land and FishGoHome are also sellers with wide selection range. A google search for "apistogramma opal kaufen"...
  13. TCMontium

    Feeding free swimming fry.

    Considering how much waste the artemia feeding fry (and uneaten artemia) will produce and the need of space for growth of tens of fry, I would put the parents in the smaller aquarium and fry in the bigger one. If the parents are too big or too aggressive towards each other to stay in 20 liters...
  14. TCMontium

    Apistogramma nijsseni jumping?

    Yes. Any fish might jump, especially if they are confused and scared because of being new to the aquarium or chased by an aggressive fish or startled/stressed from any other reason. They usually swim fast towards the surface and when they hit the glass, they follow along until the corner and...
  15. TCMontium

    ortegai sexing

    I do not know what the abbreviation for sub-species would be (subsp or ssp. maybe?), but sp. stands for species. If an animal has sp. between the genus and local(/variety)/descriptive name, or only has the genus name and sp. next to it, then the animal is a not yet a scientifically named...
  16. TCMontium

    Heavy breathing, half clamped tail fin, rubbing on wood/plants

    I added salvinia and duckweed from another aquarium yesterday, there is an area of 50*35cm covered in floating plants right now (total surface area is 80*35). There are also 2 echinodorus, a few branches of hornwort and a H. leucephala. I am going to do another 50% change today regardless of if...
  17. TCMontium

    Heavy breathing, half clamped tail fin, rubbing on wood/plants

    I have ordered the fish before the Dicrossus and tetras showed the symptoms. I have 5 more tanks but none of them are empty, I had to put them in the biggest one with the least amount of fish, which would be fine if the existing fish didn't start acting like this. Biological filtration isn't...
  18. TCMontium

    Heavy breathing, half clamped tail fin, rubbing on wood/plants

    Well... I have bad news. I added new fish yesterday morning. Today, a few hours ago, I spotted some of the Dicrossus doing the same rubbing and tail clamping motions. Also they "twitch": they shake their heads really fast like they are trying to get rid of something on their head. They mostly...
  19. TCMontium

    Heavy breathing, half clamped tail fin, rubbing on wood/plants

    Yes, the tank is not cycled at all, there definately isn't enough bacteria to turn the ammonium into nitrate fast enough so there isn't ammonium building up in water. I do 50% water changes ever 4-5 days and feed minimal to counter it. It worked for several other new setups and bare bottom...
  20. TCMontium

    Heavy breathing, half clamped tail fin, rubbing on wood/plants

    I don't have a filter or air stone. The water movement is minimal, limited to the circulation caused by the heater turning on and off. Since there really isn't enough plants to absorb much of neither ammonium nor co2 in the water, I am lost. Maybe my dennerle 5/6 in 1 stick tests are just not...
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