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I’m finally getting a trio of Ivanacara bimaculata in the coming weeks, set up a small grow out tank as they’re only 3cm currently to grow them in, then they’ll likely enter my main 48x24x24 Amazon tank for a few months while I get a separate 36x24x12 set up for them to live permanently
The...
I have done a lot of reading and looking into them, so I’m quite glad we’ve all came to the same conclusion of “could be anything it’s not obvious” haha
And definitely leaning towards diadema, so I work in the shop that I got it from and the other fish in store are definitely showing obvious...
I’ll be honest, I couldn’t tell you anything about their history
They were unlabelled in a tank
Oh there’s definitely a lot of undescribed species, but I imagine I’ve likely got some form of hybrid
I’m definitely leaning towards hybrid myself, the stress bars do not line up perfectly with any of the “common” species in the genus
The aequidens were wild caught from a Colombian import, they were supposedly metae but there were definitely diadema in the batch, as well as superomaculatum
I...
Picked up a pair of Mesonauta back in August, not actually labelled but guessing captive bred specimens
I know they aren’t M.festivus, but based on the banding (light turned on suddenly to show bands on body) would I be correct to assume they’re M.insignis?
One is roughly 3-4inch and the other...
I have, I’ve also bred macmasteri and agassizii in both community and solo tanks
I’ve got spare tanks to move fish out and separate male and female if/when needed
I’m not actively trying to breed, I’m more interested in just the spawning behaviours in general
Oh no I’m fully aware that sellers will name whatever they want, but just wanted to have an idea of what strains im looking at, more than likely I’ll just stick with a wild colour
Going to be picking up a pair of cacatuoides soon, out of the apistos I’ve kept I’ve never actually kept these
I know the difference between double and triple reds, but can anyone show me some photos of the colour forms they keep?
After countless days scouring the internet, forums and Reddit, I have come to the conclusion that bimaculata are non-existent in the UK. I’ve even checked multiple wholesale import lists to no avail
I have found a French seller, and past sellers in Europe that no longer have them, however does...
So an update, they have all been frequently out more
They still swim and hide if I get close, however they are starting to come out if I stay still
I believe that spawning behaviour may also be happening, as one is showing full breeding colours and sand has been cleared off one of the rocks in...
So they were in the tank for 2 weeks prior to adding dither fish and corys, and still hadn’t really came out.
I mean they’re eating, the times I do see them they show no signs of stress so maybe I just have to accept they’re a little avoidant
Regarding the tank size and breeding, it’s not so...
They’re roughly 1.5inch, temperature sits at 26C and the tank is a 60cm tall, so roughly 80L
Tank was also cycled using pre-existing media from another tank, ammonia and nitrites reading 0, nitrates at 15ppm and pH sits around 6.5
Don’t get me wrong, the fish do come out but the moment I move...