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  1. MickeM

    I don't know

    Hi Pellegrino+all.. I think you have started new spawning (and therefore also the natural raised level of aggression) .. but you also limited/decreased the volume/hiding-places (vertically) for the Guppies to escape to.. when you lowered the water!! If the female stay aggressive toward the...
  2. MickeM

    blue algae

    Hi chris1805 +all.. I must add some comments .. I can not see any algae-eating animal at all in your pic..(Snails (Planorbarius corneus) /small catfishes /shrimps..) This leaves you with a tank that is totaly lacking any kind of effective and grazing algae+"rest"-eaters of reasonable/visable...
  3. MickeM

    Apistogramma borelli - do I have a boy and a girl? :)

    But the "female" in the video is a borelli !! (Have a look and compare the lateral bands/lateral spots+ the caudal spots !!)
  4. MickeM

    Water change morning / evening?

    My experience is that both of the options will work just fine.. If you try to start a new spawning by changing some water it will probably take at least some/several hours for them to "get ready" (courting..+ developing of the ovary-channel/tube on the female ..for the ability to deliver any...
  5. MickeM

    Color signals

    I searched the web and found this interesting link concerning some of North American Killi-fishes.. Just wanted to share it.. even though it is/may not directly be comparable on/for Apistos..!! https://news.illinois.edu/blog/view/6367/204490
  6. MickeM

    A. sp. 'Abacaxis'

    OK Robi .. interesting info... did your fishes die quickly or continue to live a regular life?? Sometimes I have seen fishes of several different families/generas getting whole/larger parts of their bodies "blackned"(?) and die in a month or so.... ..then it was showing on approx. 25-50% of the...
  7. MickeM

    A. sp. 'Abacaxis'

    In this enclosed thread you can see some pics of an "Abacaxis"-female(wild 2012/13) with few, but similar tendences/signs in the pigmentation..white/black.. (When the pair arrived at first and she was not as yellow.. it looked more distinct/odd than in these pics..) But, I have observed this...
  8. MickeM

    help

    I think there is a med called "Hexaex"(Tetra) .. fluid or in tabs.. Or/and.. there is also this med from JBL.. https://www.jbl.de/?lang=en&mod=products&func=detail&id=5575 (I think this one is not as bad for other organisms in the tank..than some old meds.. At least that`s what I have been...
  9. MickeM

    Glutaraldehyde and Carbon in planted tanks!

    Thanks for answering regani.. great info!!!!!
  10. MickeM

    help

    Darrel+gerald..!! Thanks a lot!!! Superb info and help !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  11. MickeM

    Glutaraldehyde and Carbon in planted tanks!

    Hi all.. I hope someone here can help me out... verify or explain.. Since I have some information(hearsay) about Glutaraldehyde-CH2(CH2CHO)2 ..existing in some chemical "cleaning"/washing-products or -mixes used inside large oiltankers( and in the shipping industry) .. I am wondering what...
  12. MickeM

    help

    Thanks for the corrections Darrel.. Since I´m not a professional chemist I sometimes may phrase things in a wrong way.. What I actually wanted to say was that the ammount of CO2 may drop if circulation is high/strong.. Correct!??!;):):D:rolleyes: BTW focusmarlon+all.... I have kept several...
  13. MickeM

    help

    On the other hand you may get great amount of nutrients in the sand from all the restproducts.. so large amount of oxygene is needed.. The restproducts may actually help some plants I guess.. at least this is my experience.. Especially plants used to muddy enviroments.... rich in...
  14. MickeM

    ID please

    BTW.. it may also be A. cf. ortegai ..scroll down in this site and have a look.. ortegai+ cf. ortegai.. http://apisto.sites.no/page.aspx?pageid=53 Are they purchased at the same time? or from/in the same delivery?? wild-caught?? 2nd pic/female look a little odd.. !!??? (caudal-patterns+ not as...
  15. MickeM

    help

    OK.. more/lot of hiding-places on the bottom may also help.. and maybe only use 1 of the filters.. if possible.. ..but do not feed the many tetras too much..;) If they "steal" all the food ..try to wet the food/thaw froozen food in some water and then pour it in so it reaches the...
  16. MickeM

    ID please

    Female/s.. Apistogramma ortegai !!!?? (earlier called Ap.spec."papagai" ) But I`m not 100% sure .. Here is a thread to compare with.. http://www.apistogramma.com/forum/threads/what-you-guys-think-about-these-apisto.7242/
  17. MickeM

    help

    I searched the web for your filters... If your xp4 filters(2?) are creating quite stormy conditions, this in combination(??) with lacking of an own area/territory to relax in, may be the reason..?? You may see this if they are being beaten constantly..by any dominant fish/fishes.. ..their only...
  18. MickeM

    Male or female ?

    You have got a 100% Apisto-female if you ask me!!!;) (Odd/Funny optical effect if you have a closer look at the pics..!! The black crack in the rock(?)/root of a plant behind her made me think that she had got a black colored edge on the lower part of her caudal fin!! ..if looking at the 3rd...
  19. MickeM

    A little about me...

    Since most Apistos are "sifters of sand" by nature, a fine/small sized sand of yellowish color would be very good+ logic..as long as it is not calcareous!! However.. In a tank.. larger gravel/sized sand often creates a better function as in decompostion-zone for restproducts.. I have some of my...
  20. MickeM

    A little about me...

    BTW.. As you probably know already..The lack of sand in your "viejita"-tank (macmasteri !? ) might be a big reason for their shyness you mentioned in the video !! Sooo much "direct" + solid light!!;)
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