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Below Water is Oliver Lucanus' business in Canada (Montreal). Oliver has spent a lot of time and effort developing many export contacts from many of countries in South America and Africa, and he manages to bring some of the rarest fish from those countries.... to Canada. Oliver and I are going...
I think that the fish without the black on its first few dorsal rays and less black on the ventral fins may be a male. Small males are very similar to females.
A. betaeniata 'Shishita'
A. agassizii 'flamengo'
A. sp 'Melgar' - This pair is spawning right now.
Nanochromis splendens - This is a bad picture from a photo tank the day that the fish arrived. I have two groups set up, but they are extremely shy.
I have not posted pictures of fish in a while. Here are some fish that have rotated through the photo tanks recently:
A. ortegai (Pebas population)
A. bitaeniata 'Tapiche' - I really like the yellow in the body of this fish.
A. agassizii 'Yellow' from Peru - I do not know the river...
If I need the pH to be low, I use RO water and let the leaves drop the pH. In my opinion, water cleanliness and low conductivity is more important than a low pH.
I breed most apistos in 10-gallon tanks. I usually start with two pairs, and then remove the male that ends up being the non-dominant fish. I also have a lot of hiding places in the aquarium away from the spawning sites. The tank is positioned end-out. The sponge filter is in one back...
I got a box of these in from the collector, but they were time bombs. They were harboring something and almost all of them fell apart about three weeks after they arrived. I heard from almost all the buyers the same week. Weird. The collector has since left the export house he was working...
I know what it is not... it is not what was supposed to be sent. I do know that this fish was collected in Peru, in the border area with Equador. I am waiting on confirmation of the river system... if the exporter knows.
young male
Older male
female
Those random black marks are skin parasites. They will not harm the fish, and will not be passed on to fry. The parasite has a second host, a bird that eats the fish, in order to complete its life cycle
The best way to ask questions or place an order is to send me an email to [email protected]. We have a good shipping window (hopefully) next week.
SA Tetra
Pristella maxillaris pristella tetra 1" $1.49
Carnegiellla strigata 1" marble hatchet $2.49
Copella eigenmanni 1"+...
I have made a test order from Below Water (Oliver Lucanus) in Canada to get some of the species he has that we have an impossible time getting here in the USA. I will not know the pricing until I see the total overhead, but they will be pricier than fish imported directly into the the USA...
priced per fish, sold in pairs if possible… no guarantee of pairs on species that are hard to sex
Tetras & Similar
SA Tetra
Pristella maxillaris pristella tetra 1" $1.49
Serapinnus kreigi 3/4"+ cool silver tetra with black caudal spot $2.99
Moenkhausia agnesae 2"+ redline tetra $7.99...
Here is the updated price list.
PDF List
EXCEL list (automatic total calculation)
The best way to place orders is to use the excel sheet, if you can, and then email me a copy of it at tjudy@