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I recently came across a Japanese Imperial oak (Quercus dentata) from which I have a lot of leaves now. The leaves are up to 30-40 cm long, thick and hairy.
I have started using them in my tanks mainly because they make excellent sight barriers and hiding places.
What I should have started...
A week ago I was fortunate, very much so, to be able to buy 4 young, less than 2 cm sized, Apistogramma psammophila.
This Apistogramma (or diplotaenia) was high on my wishlist. They are F1's. The parentstock is from Rio Atabapo, Colombia.
They are small. They are presently being fed live...
Thanks for your input MacZ. I have only 1 compound walnut leaf in a160 litre tank. Such a leaf is like a twig with five leaves attached really. Besides: it was not fresh, but dry and brittle. Leaves I use most are oak leaves. And I use some alder cones now and again.
That's what I read as well: these leaves being fed to shrimp. I have uses some walnut leaves since a few weeks. Your remark worried me a bit. I m reassured now, but will keep my eyes open. Thanks. I have both walnut-(Juglans regia) and oak (Quercus robur) trees in my garden.
Cheers Jacobus
Darrel,
A question on an 11 year old piece of advice from your side: For what reason would you definitely not use walnut leaves in an Apisto tank?
Thanks Jacobus
Phoned the fish store where I bought the fish.
They do not have any information on the catch location at all.
So this does not bring us any further. Pity.
Mike's photo of Julio Melgar's fish is indeed something else: no coloured eye, only yellow pectorals, and
the fish shows most of all blue notes, whereas mine is having more orange. But that might not be a decisive point?
It remains a puzzle. I'll try to get more info on the origin.
That is what bothered me as well: the absence of yellow pectorals (which look nice indeed) and the red ringed eye. These two are really good, well defined determination points, which are clearly missing.
I agree with you on the fact that they do not belong to the ortegai-, but rather the cruzi...
Frank, Mike, thanks for your replies.
To start with the eyes: no, I cannot say I have seen a trace of yellow, orange,red, around them, ever, until now.
(the 3 of them are in my possession for just over 3 weeks now)
As for the pectoral fins: these are colourless. Only the base is orange.
Thanks a lot. Yes, when reading the entire thread, the catch location seems to be Rio Nanay. I'll try to check again.
When I see pictures of A. sp. nanay I don't see all that many similarities with this fish, though I realize that polychromism might explain that.
As I suspect to have bought fish from the same LFS Bramgroet is referring to, and even from the same consignment of WC "ortegai's" he sent pictures of, I should like to bring in new pictures of one of these fish, from my own tank (100x40x45 cm). Only to get as close as possible to a definite ID...
The A. iniridae man clearly dominated over the Dicrossus although in general there were few confrontations.
I will surely quarantine the new male, if I can get it.
Thanks for your advice.
Thank you for your elaborate reply Mac. As for possible factors you mention that might haven contributed to the fish's demise: The co-inhabitants of the tank (130x50x50, structured with wood, some leaves and lots of plats): a pair of Dicrossus filamentosus, 6 Gnatocharax steindachneri, 6...
Male succumbed after 3 weeks of slowly increased swelling of abdomen.
pH 6.5, total hardness <1, temp hardness <2, conductivity 75
Food Daphnia, Cyclops, black and white mosquito larvae, occasionally dry food
It was not a wild fish but a Fx generation captivity bred
Will start looking for...