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    Ivanacara Adoketa

    Very lovely tank Darrel! I'm trying to convert my I. adoketa tank into a riparium too, once I get the supplies Currently, I'm growing H. tenellus, E. oparcus, E. ozelot and C. helferi in my blackwater I. adoketa tank with root tabs and they are doing well.
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    How identified the sex of male and female Biotoecus opercularis

    I managed to get what was IDed by the shopkeeper as a pair of Biotoecus opercularis (adults) last month in Hong Kong. The male is a very obvious male, displaying extended pelvic fin, more elongated body shape and the row of dots clearly on the dorsal. No streamers on the caudal fin, though...
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    Repashy Superfoods

    Sounds like a great plan! Thanks Mike :)
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    Repashy Superfoods

    Thanks Mike! I try to maintain their micro-predatory instincts by providing them with live Malayan shrimp at least once every 2 weeks, and adult brine shrimp whenever I can get them from the LFS. Other than that I feed NLS Thera+A formula. My tank is currently very dimly lit with mulm but...
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    Repashy Superfoods

    I'm thinking of trying out the Repashy line of gel foods for my dwarf cichlids (Ivanacara adoketa, Biotoecus opercularis and Dicrossus foirni), but am not sure which formula is most suitable for them. I've so far tried the Spawn & Grow with mixed results (the I. adoketa definitely don't attack...
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    Rio Negro biotope for Ivanacara adoketa

    Thank you for your feedback Mike! The effect I was trying to create was a stream edge, where grass and other semi-submerged plants from above ground line the edges of the stream and "spill over" into the water. Hence, I used Helianthus tenellus to emulate the "grass effect" and Cyperus sp. and...
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    Rio Negro biotope for Ivanacara adoketa

    Thanks so much for your help Darrel :) It's not easy finding information on Ivanacara adoketa's habitat. There's barely any information on the Internet, and Cichlid Atlas 1 gives only limited information. It may not be very visible from the pictures, but I've planted the tank with Cyperus...
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    Rio Negro biotope for Ivanacara adoketa

    Anyone has any advice on long term tankmates for an I adoketa biotope breeding setup? I will soon have access to Nannostomus eques and Nannostomus trilineatus. Also have access to many species of corydoras, if appropriate.
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    Rio Negro biotope for Ivanacara adoketa

    Hi Mike, thanks for stopping by this thread :) The checkerboards are currently in there to "share" the deworming treatment (metronidazole, flubendazole and praziquental) that I am putting the tank through. They're eventually intended for another display tank. The same goes for the dither...
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    Rio Negro biotope for Ivanacara adoketa

    No one else have any feedback about an I. adoketa biotopes setup? :(
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    Rio Negro biotope for Ivanacara adoketa

    Thanks for the recommendation dwarfpike :) I ended up being able to source 20 pcs of Tucanoichthys tucano and Ancistrus cf cirrhosus for this setup. Current inhabitants in the tank now are: 7x Ivanacara adoketa (1" juveniles) 20x Tucanoichthys tucano 5x Ancistrus cf cirrhosus (0.75"...
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    Rio Negro biotope for Ivanacara adoketa

    Hi all, my LFS is getting in a shipment from Glazer and in the shipment are some German bred Ivanacara adoketa juveniles. I'm thinking of setting up a 24x18x18 (about 30 gallons) biotope tank for about 5-6 juveniles to raise them and hopefully eventually get a pair or two out of the group (I...
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    Tankmates for Crenicichla regani

    Thanks so much everyone for the valuable insight =) Based on everyone's feedback, I may scrap my idea of putting them in my office tank and instead obtain a nice pair of apistogramma for that tank instead. I may move the 2 pairs of C. regani I have to my breeding rack setup and give each...
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    Tankmates for Crenicichla regani

    Thank you all for sharing your knowledge and experience. I was basing my decision off the article I previously mentioned, but after reading your posts, have decided to just keep 1 pair in the said tank. Will relocate the other pair perhaps to my breeding rack and try to breed them instead of...
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    Tankmates for Crenicichla regani

    I recently purchased 2 pairs of C. regani and, having read the article on Mostly Cichlids that 6 adults can be kept in a 20 gallon tank, decided to keep both pairs in my 13 gallon lightly planted tank in office. I don't intend for them to breed and so I don't think I will encounter the levels...
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    Sexing Ap. diplotaenia

    It's the only apistogramma in the tank currently, and has coloured up since the alpha male disappeared. Are orange ventrals conclusive of a female?
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    Sexing Ap. diplotaenia

    I've got no pictures unfortunately :( I've got a young piece of Ap. diplotaenia that was the female of a pair I bought. Recently, the male went missing, and following that the female coloured up alot, and developed orange tips on its ventrals. The female flares at the mirror/ditherfish. It...
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    Rio Tefe biotope

    Here's the final setup: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zDV7VpGYYI Inhabitants are: Symphysodon aquaefasciatus (Green Discus) Apistogramma bitaeniata "Tefe" Apistogramma agassizii "Tefe" Corydoras elegans Carnegiella strigata fasciata (Marbled Hatchetfish)
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    Rio Tefe biotope

    Thanks so much Mike :) If I can't get colourful schooling tetras as dithers, at least some hatchetfish and pencilfish should go well in the tank to dither the cichlids!
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    Rio Tefe biotope

    I found some nice green discus! Anyone know if marbled hatchetfish live in rio tefe?
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