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  1. MickeM

    New home for trifasciata

    I guess it is a sneaker-male... Here are some of my old female pics to compare with..
  2. MickeM

    A little about me...

    A lot of space you`ve got there!!!! I wouldn`t mind a similar fishroom..:) Keep an eye on the "Pebas" tank if you want/don`t get any Apisto-fry.. The caves with large enterances will probably be hard to defend against the hungry+ nightly active(?) Ancistrus/Bristlenose`s.. (I use...
  3. MickeM

    Breeding

    Hi !! Female will not spawn if she have got no produced eggs inside, so feed her a lot/xtra if you can..and then you will probably get a spawn if they are both ready for it.. A small waterchange(10-20%) with OK water may start a spawn!! (kH/TDS/EC drops!?) If you keep any aggressive catfish or...
  4. MickeM

    Early Christmas gift!

    Awesome!! :)
  5. MickeM

    My Laetacara Dorsigera were spawning...

    Hi Fikret Celik + all.. If you (or anyone :) ) feed too much.. you may get a lot of restproducts or even food left over, as Mike says.. And if you have got fine sand as bottom substrate.. the rest-particles will rarely fall/get in between every gravel, where most of the "spoilage-bacterias"...
  6. MickeM

    A. Agassizii Sexing ID, Needs Help!!

    Hi all... Agassizii is one of the most bred Apistos from a commercial point of view.. so non-"natural" versions are common in zoological stores.. ..there are often several "Aquarium"-/Breeding-/Color- "strains" available.. Your last pics shows a fish with almost no blue glimmering on the gill...
  7. MickeM

    male or female

    Hi Dave.. I would guess it is a young male Apisto!! (Lot of blue on the head + slightly elongated pelvic fins( on females often some black markings/stripes+shorter)+ a shade of patterns in the caudal fin, if it is not just some sand in the background ??!) /Micke
  8. MickeM

    Babies, babies, babies

    OK.. I thought it were the Apistos who placed/layed the eggs outside a cave.. Maybe I am getting too tired over here.. 04.38 in the morning.. Time to sleep!!:D
  9. MickeM

    bacterial infection need help please

    I/We in Sweden have experienced a lot of imported fishes from (what we think is) warm breeding-farms in tropical countries.. and they, sometimes, are then getting very problematic bacterial effects/diseases/infections.. (But not often on Apistos.. mainly on Asian fishes!!) One theory discussed...
  10. MickeM

    Babies, babies, babies

    OK.. Maybe the active cory cats or any caves with large entries(?) are the reason for placing the eggs/wigglers on/in an open position ??? (Nature can act strange sometimes!! :)) I use clean coco-caves and almost totally press them toward the sand.. Females often dig up a wall of sand in front...
  11. MickeM

    Agassizi rio nanay

    I`ve also heard of someone feeding Apistos with peas.. But maybe then only as a complement ?? Interesting story about the blue tetras !! A friend of mine got his Apistog. hongsloi to strictly live on live Springtails (Collembola sp.??).. being fed (and they were staying/living some days) at...
  12. MickeM

    Apisto "blue steel"

    A wild guess.. Pic 1 may be a female..? Not sure though.. (short anal+dorsal-tips + less blue on the head? + no visable patterns on the caudal-fin!) Pic 2 male . (Long tips on the pelvic fins!!+ Blue head!, Is this the fish positioned to the right in the video??) Pic 3 a male..???? (Very/Lot of...
  13. MickeM

    Babies, babies, babies

    Hi.. and welcome !! Often you can not see the Apisto-"wigglers" at all (if being kept in caves).. but they normaly do not move as fast as the Ram-wigglers from what I remember.. Rams often have a shorter developing time from egg to fry..so maybe that`s also why they are/seem more active as...
  14. MickeM

    Agassizi rio nanay

    OK.. I have almost no exerience feeding Apistos with dry food..especially bloodworms (I think worms may contain much fat!!.. and Apistos seem to prefer protein-rich food/insects !!?? ..but "red" mosquito-larvae may be harder to digest than the white+black) Can you remember if it is the...
  15. MickeM

    Tap water for dwarf cichlid

    Correct...This is a common behaviour.. They "start a fight with themselves" so to speak..!!:confused::) It can be a bore to look at in the long run... if you actually want to see "natural" behaviours... I often buy dark (black, brown, green) paper/cardboard and put it behind+around the...
  16. MickeM

    Agassizi rio nanay

    BTW flowandbehold.. I forgot to ask you... What food do they get??? Some food (in large amounts) may cause problems... I am usually feeding my grown Apistos with frozen, grown Artemia(Brine shrimp) ..and sometimes with live BlackWorms.., but I never feed with B-worms more than 2-3 times/week...
  17. MickeM

    Dilemma

    Hi Pauly + all.... The area of the tank+ structure and amount of decorations are the keyfactors .. Many caves/hiding-places can give some "safe-spots" for the rest of your fishes... But...., with only 15 gal/60 liter I guess you will probably end up with some severe beating on the 2 xtra...
  18. MickeM

    Providing nutrients to the planted tank while maintaining low TDS

    Hi ApistoJohn...+ all.. When you say "dirt"... Do you mean some soil-product bought from a store or "soil" from your/a garden ??? (Some people start planted tanks with "earth-soil" at the bottom..taken from nature/their garden..)
  19. MickeM

    Unknown plant?

    Click "Växter", "Utan etikett", "planterade i kruka" to get to plant-section!!!
  20. MickeM

    Keeping and Breeding A. Ortegai

    Hi Gabriel ..+all.. As long as you still can see that the fry having their stomachs well fed, you can let their parents keep doing their "job" for yet some time.. My experience is this.... when the parents are ready for a new spawn, they often starts to "argue"(preparing by courting) or stop...
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