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  1. Norman Fenske

    My Apisto Tanks

    That was easy your right now I know exactly what it is and besides that its still a nice looking Apisto!!!
  2. Norman Fenske

    My Apisto Tanks

    The LFS where I bought the pr from sold them as veijita which is what I thought but was never quite convinced they were right. After looking at both in some ways they look the same what is the difference if you do not mind??
  3. Norman Fenske

    Nuts!!

    Well I am sure I am not the only one that has done this or will be the last, I have decided to really get into Apisto's. My sun / fish room is 163 sqft. and looking at the way I have my tanks set up there is wasted space so decided to take some measurements and now w / o making the room any...
  4. Norman Fenske

    Wood

    Based on what I have read and the responses I was thinking of going to local river where lots of trees that have fallen in the river have been submerged for a long time. The idea provided I can tell if its a safe variety of wood cutting some branches to take home would lessen the time needed to...
  5. Norman Fenske

    Appropriate apisto population for 40g breeder with small Cory school and 1-3 BNP?

    You can have other fish in the tank but they cannot occupy the same space as I put it in the water column. With some cichlids its okay to have dither fish their purpose is to lessen the aggression within the tank. Having Apisto's which stay on or near the bottom adding cory's and the plecos...
  6. Norman Fenske

    Two Questions??

    I agree with you and yes you have to keep up with water changes etc. The bigger the tank the easier it is to maintain I agree. I may not know as much as you are others but I have been in this hobby for quite awhile although Apisto's is new and different. I seem to be learning something new daily...
  7. Norman Fenske

    Two Questions??

    All my apisto's are in 10g tanks part of the reason was the one LFS where I live is doing the same thing and I have also asked from a known breeder who has informed me as long as the water is correct it really does not matter. He has seem them raised in 2.5gallon tanks on up. Your idea of...
  8. Norman Fenske

    Two Questions??

    Well I am not going to lose sleep over it in fact when I took the m out of the tank I tossed him outside. My only comment the rest of the fish in the tank are fine no signs of disease parasites nothing so I will agree with Ade.
  9. Norman Fenske

    Triple Reds

    Good news and bad news first the bad I witnessed a 1pr of my Triple Reds spawning the female is guarding her eggs the bad news she must of killed the male. The good news the other pr of triple reds have fry!! I was feeding them this morning looked in flower pot no eggs saw the female on the...
  10. Norman Fenske

    Two Questions??

    Some will agree some will not I am going by what a breeder has told me. I am using 10g tanks for breeding and yes I have read you have to use 20 or larger and I have also read some have bred apisto's in 2.5g tanks the important thing is to make sure the water quality is good. As it stands all my...
  11. Norman Fenske

    Two Questions??

    What you said about the mother's moving the fry makes sense if she was eating them they would be gone by now. The male was a full grown adult the past couple days it just did not look right. Lethargic might be a good word. When I took the male out of the tank body wise it looked fine it might be...
  12. Norman Fenske

    Two Questions??

    Yesterday I was watching the pr of Orange Flash and I noticed the Female was trying to eat the fry. From what I saw the fry manged to get away. So my question is this normal behavior at times its not like the fry are moving dots any more now they look more like normal size fry. From my...
  13. Norman Fenske

    Triple Reds

    To confirm what I thought I took a closer look and yes there are eggs. As it stands right now both prs of Triple Reds have eggs!!. The 1st pair of Triple Reds the Female laid the eggs in a flower pot the 2nd pair in the PVC elbow. Once the water is to their liking the rest is easy!!
  14. Norman Fenske

    Recommendations for sand?

    Well I made a slight mistake yes the play sand I bought from Lowes was cheap 4.00 for a 50lb bag and yes it took a lot of cleaning to get is reasonably clear however I found a hardware store that carries pool filter sand 9.00 for a 50lb bag. Big difference I set up a 20 long and used the Pool...
  15. Norman Fenske

    Greetings from Hazy Hot and Humid Richmond Va!!!

    I am having a hard enough time trying to go to the James River Aquatic Society meetings. The meetings are held approx. 30 minutes from where I live but for one reason or another have not made it yet.
  16. Norman Fenske

    Triple Reds

    Yesterday was interesting I was feeding my fish and I noticed spawning behavior with one of the prs of Triple Reds I have. The past few days it looked like the male was trying to impress the female and yesterday it looked like they were spawning. I have 90 degree PVC elbows 3/4" ID Dia. the...
  17. Norman Fenske

    vetral fins

    I decided to check my apisto's, the triple reds, the veijita, trifasciata's, orange flash the females have black on their ventral fins. The golden Cacatuoides ( they are still small do not. I also have a book " Aqualog Extra the latest Apistogramma " and it looks like some do some do not the...
  18. Norman Fenske

    Good 10 gallon apistos/other SA dwarves

    I have a pair of Orange Flash with fry in a 10g, in another 10g I witnessed a pretty of Triple Reds spawning and in another 10g I have another of of Triple Reds with the female guarding eggs. May not be the preferred way but it's working for me.
  19. Norman Fenske

    Greetings from Hazy Hot and Humid Richmond Va!!!

    A week delay on the 4 prs I was supposed to get this week, the breeder went on Vacation has the ones I am getting in quarantine to make sure they are healthy when I get them. Instead of being ok with the ones I have and the ones coming I ended up buying a group of 4 Fire Red Agassizi. The only...
  20. Norman Fenske

    Cacatuoid trio issues

    That all makes sense I have 10g breeders set up in 2 of my tanks 1m and 2f once the m paired up with a f the other female wound up dead but in return both pairs the f is guarding eggs.
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