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  1. Ttw

    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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    Collecting trip

    The only killies we found were Rivulus beniensis and a Pterolebius sp. yet to be identified.
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    Collecting trip

    Made it back from our Bolivia collecting trip. Overall successful. Collected 5 species of Apistogramma and got them home. The country was very dry so some of the rivers, creeks and ponds were dry. Made finding the fish more difficult. When I get my data put together I will write a more...
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    Collecting trip

    Soon I will be leaving on a collecting trip to Bolivia. We plan to collect in both the Chaco and then north into Beni. I have collected in Beni on a previous trip and hope to be able to once again bring back erythrura , staecki and linkei. I have not been to south eastern Bolivia before but plan...
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    Apistogramma erythrura

    I am returning in a few weeks to the site I collected erythrura in the past. Hopefully I can bring back wild fish again.
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    Kordon bags

    I may be the last to know but in case others didn't know either, Kordon has changed their bags to what feels like a thicker material and eliminated the side seams. I called the company and they said that they had changed the bags. I was afraid that there were counterfeit bags with the Kordon label.
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    bacterial infection need help please

    I am not keeping rams currently. Where I caught those particular rams the pH was 5.8 and TDS of 30
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    bacterial infection need help please

    I have collected wild rams in water measuring 91º F
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    New here and need advise on getting substrate

    I use RO water then adjust to the desired pH with Seachem Acid Buffer or Alkaline Buffer
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