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  1. Ttw

    New here and need advise on getting substrate

    I keep Apistos that need that acidic of water in order to breed.
  2. Ttw

    New here and need advise on getting substrate

    I use CaribSea Peace River gravel that is also not suppose to affect hardness and pH. My water is very soft 50-70 ppm and acidic 4.5-6.5. This gravel has not affected those parameters.
  3. Ttw

    Apisto sp. Winkelfleck Dithers?

    I have used neon tetras and harlequin rasboras as dithers. Never have had a problem. Just don't put too many in the tank.
  4. Ttw

    Go Wild Peru

    Thanks for the clarification. Looks like you have some good trips available.
  5. Ttw

    Any info Mike?

    Sorry to hear about the water levels. But you did get to go collecting and that is always an adventure. I look forward to some pictures of the fish you caught.
  6. Ttw

    Any info Mike?

    Hey Mike, are we going to hear anything about your collecting adventure?
  7. Ttw

    Go Wild Peru

    Is this the same website that Brian Perkins ran?
  8. Ttw

    What is with Mike Wise......?

    When we collect Apistos, Rivulus are also on the menu so to speak. Mike is right, they love to jump out of the net or holding container. When we bring them home each rivulus gets a separate bag. Learned from experience.
  9. Ttw

    What is with Mike Wise......?

    Yes, I believe he is collecting for the month.
  10. Ttw

    Collecting net

    Interesting. I will have to try that. Thanks.
  11. Ttw

    Collecting net

    Yes, floats on the top and weights on the bottom. You do use dip nets for water only inches deep don't you?
  12. Ttw

    Collecting net

    I've not been able to successfully use a seine in small streams. As you know, often there is very little water where we get apistos.
  13. Ttw

    Collecting net

    Collectors out there, what color of net do you use? On my last collecting trip I used a dark brown net instead of the usual white one thinking it would not scare the fish as much. I'm not convinced this theory worked out. It did make it harder to see the fish in the net among all the litter.
  14. Ttw

    looking for someone who is breeding dwarf cichlids I the Arzoina area

    I sent you a "conversation"
  15. Ttw

    looking for someone who is breeding dwarf cichlids I the Arzoina area

    Currently I have A. luelingi, miuá, an unidentified apisto from southern Peru that I think may be an urteagai color morph and an unidentified apisto from a southern tributary of the Rio Heath between Peru and Bolivia. The last two await DNA analysis. The luelingi are old enough to sell, the...
  16. Ttw

    looking for someone who is breeding dwarf cichlids I the Arzoina area

    I live in the Phoenix area. I collect and raise Apistos.
  17. Ttw

    A. hoignei?

    I've collected A. guttata twice. In fact if you look at Ivan Mikolji's web site he has a video of the Rio Morichal Largo at the exact location that I collected. The wild fish is much more stunning than any of the pictures that I have seen published. Ivan confirmed to me the information mixmixi...
  18. Ttw

    A. hoignei?

    Really Mike, was that 20 years ago? No plans to go back to Venezuela anytime soon. It was however my favorite place to collect.
  19. Ttw

    A. payaminonis

    Usually no prior symptoms.
  20. Ttw

    A. payaminonis

    Have people found this species to be particularly delicate? Of all the apistos I have kept, I have not found one as eager to die as this one. At first I thought it was water changes that triggered the deaths. But now I change water very slowly and still there is the occasional death. None of my...
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