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  1. Ttw

    Brine shrimp cultures

    Does anyone add a drop or two of chlorine bleach to a liter of their bbs culture?
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    Help with led light

    Thanks for the reply. I got a replacement PS from Finnex and soldered it into place. Works well.
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    Nijsenni and Panduro

    Ah, blue algae (actually blue-green). I think that may be a key to the dark blue fish we catch in the wild. The sp. Pebas and urteagi are examples of two that were both caught in cow pastures that were rich in blue green algae. Once in our aquariums they tend to fade. Strangely at least to me...
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    Uncertain on Apisto Safe Food

    Darrel that is very impressive that you have kept a blackworm culture going for 5 years. Do you mind telling us how you do it? I have always failed to keep a culture going.
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    Uncertain on Apisto Safe Food

    I have fed my apistos frozen bloodworms and frozen adult brine shimp for years. I have not recognized any problems and the fish have done well. I would stay away from live black worms. The fish always develop problems if I feed those worms.
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    Where to find aquarium safe clay pots

    I get my pots at a crafts store. Simple and cheap. My fish like the smallest ones and I just enlarge the hole at the bottom just enough so the female can get in.
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    New guy with 30-40 Linkei fry

    The linkei fry will do well on baby brine shrimp . Dry food at this stage will probably not be successful.
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    We did collect Apisto trifasciata

    When I described the fish we collected in Bolivia last summer I mentioned that most were quite small and difficult if not impossible to identify. Once the fish were home in our aquariums for awhile my collecting partner noticed some fish that he thought may be trifasciata in with a large group...
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    A.macmasteri help with egg eating? To pull eggs?

    I have had the same problem in the past. After a few failed attempts at letting the fish hatch the eggs and raise fry naturally I have pulled the eggs and hatched them artificially. I use a small container and fill it with the water from the aquarium in which the fish have spawned. Transfer the...
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    Collecting report Bolivia 2016 Part 2

    The killi we caught at Laguna Suarez was Pterolebias wischmani. Genus may have changed though.
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    Collecting report Bolivia 2016 Part 2

    I will try to get a genus name for you.
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    Collecting report Bolivia 2016 Part 2

    We only caught two types of killies both of which my collecting partner has and I don't have any pictures of. One was Rivulus beniensis which we caught throughout Bolivia. They looked just like the pictures on the internet. The other was only caught at Laguna Suarez and we only caught two. So...
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    Collecting report Bolivia 2016 Part 2

    As we drove south back to Trinidad we collected at several more roadside pools where we collected erythrura and linkei. Water pH 7.2-7.8 Tds 20-80 Temp 91˚-93˚ F. Next we took Highway 3 west towards San Ingnacio de Moxos. Gasoline was purchased along the way in 2 liter soft drink bottles...
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    Collecting report Bolivia 2016 Part 1

    After a 14 year absence we returned to Bolivia to collect Apistos and killifish. We went in August because that is during the dry season and that is the time of year we had gone previously. This time we found conditions were much dryer. Several of our collecting sites from 2001 were dry or had...
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    Variations in lateral band and caudal spot

    Ok, looking at the pictures of linkei in the Datz book I see what you are talking about. Not easy to see for "distinct" stripes.
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    Variations in lateral band and caudal spot

    I keep reading about the distinct vertical abdominal stripes in linkei but have not seen any pictures of these in any of my apisto books (Koslowski, Romer Staeck and Linke, Mayland, Bork). Perhaps these are in preserved specimans.
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    Variations in lateral band and caudal spot

    I have been trying to identify some of the fish I collected in Bolivia. The confusion started in trying to differentiate A. inconspicua from A. linkei. They are closely related. One of the main identifiers to differentiate between the two is the relationship of the lateral band to the caudal...
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    Help with led light

    About a year and a half.
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    Help with led light

    I have a Finnex Planted plus cliplight that has a burned out driver. Does anyone know the specifications for this driver so I can replace it?
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    Bolivia collected fish spawn

    Since I brought the fish I collected in Bolivia home on Aug. 15 I have had 3 spawnings. The A erythrura spawned today. The fish I believe is A. linkei and the one I think is A. inconspicua spawned earlier and I have free swimming fry. I will get around to posting pictures to see if others agree...
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