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For me the more lushly finned Apistogramma's that, according to me also have a typical friendly facial expression (if such exists): the iniridae group: uaupesi, flabellicauda, lineata, sp. Blutkehl, iniridae etc.
Less than a year ago I received a pair of these beautiful Apisto's. See picture.
The male was very eager to please the female. She did not exactly feel the same about him. Three months of this fruitless cohabitation made me purchase another male.
The same story unfolded: an eager male continuous...
whether or not they send fish I do not know. Contact them by phone (fast) or e-mail (slow).
Good luck.
A visit to the shop is recommended, make it a tourist trip!
Text still jumps from pag 93 to 103. I fail to get the full text. Maybe since I am retired and no longer execute a schientific job? I can only log in to get a specific article. But even then I get no more than described extract.
Grasping for air was meant as a matter of speech, but is inaccurate of course. Heavy breathing, as you call it, is equally worrisome I would say. Too much carbondioxide or too little oxygen?
Aeration can be tried.
Did you put a lot of dead wood and leaves at once in the tank?
My 30 days old A.sp. Juruá have lived on BBS only until 3 days ago. I now alternate a BBS meal with a meal of the tiniest cyclops. It is excellent exercise for the fry as cyclops are fast and often successfully avoid being eaten. The fry have to really hunt for a meal. It is a pleasure to see...
November and December last year I was lucky enough to get hold of 4 A. psammophila, (of which I sent some pictures before, when they were still minute). Three males and one female I can now establish. Furthermore A. sp. Jurua (sp. cruzeiro), a couple and A. flebellicauda, a couple. The A...