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  1. boofeng

    ID request - A. eunotus?

    These are captive bred fish imported at a local shop - they're labelled A. eunotus. Are these actually eunotus? It's very rare to see eunotus imports so it would be nice to get confirmation. Thanks! :)
  2. boofeng

    ID request - A. commbrae?

    These are in the display tank of a local shop. They were imported as A. steindachneri from east Europe, but they look more like a fish from the regani group, it seems. These are F1/F2 I think - they've done well in the display tank which is a typical Amano nature aquarium style tank. Anyone...
  3. boofeng

    Wild form ?

    This fish (and photo) belongs to my friend CT. It's a wild caca from a recent shipment to a local shop.
  4. boofeng

    Uncertain on Apisto Safe Food

    There's a term for this, even - ovitrapping! We piloted this locally for a while (dengue fever is a major problem here - I'm now almost immune to it as I've contracted it three times!), but it doesn't seem to be in use now. Re: attracting mosquitoes, bacterial blooms in water seem to attract...
  5. boofeng

    Uncertain on Apisto Safe Food

    There are copies at our local library. If you're interested in any particular live food I could probably scan those pages and email them to you. But the whole book would be too much work! And we should support these authors too. :) (When it comes to academic papers, though, I'm with Aaron...
  6. boofeng

    Are these fungused eggs?

    An update from almost a year later... I never saw any more fungused objects, though the female probably laid eggs several times - she got fat, went into hiding, and then emerged skinny, but always without any fry... And then, two days ago, this mother brought out her first batch of free...
  7. boofeng

    Culturing live foods?

    Sorry for replying late - things got pretty busy the last couple of months. I think this "worm juice" might be a bit potent for aquarium use? I use mine on potted plants. My neighbour's ZZ plants and pomegranate produce noticeably more new growth when I give them regular doses of "worm juice"...
  8. boofeng

    PH Issues in biotype

    You have great water for keeping apistos! I don't know how to raise KH without raising pH... I think you have to choose a mix of chemicals that buffer at the pH you want, maybe like Seachem Discus Buffer, which buffers at around 6.5. Sodium bicarbonate is often suggested, but I think how much...
  9. boofeng

    Cave Suggestion

    From what I've read around here, the smaller the entrance, the better they like it. Locally, a hemispherical pottery cave with an entrance placed somewhat above the substrate is popular. (Some say the higher entrance makes it harder for other bottom dwellers e.g. corydoras to find their way in.)...
  10. boofeng

    Culturing live foods?

    They're just little squares/rectangles of acrylic, maybe about 3 x 5 cm. I just, ahem ahem, help myself to the samples stack when I'm at the workshop ordering acrylic tank covers or dividers for myself or friends. Transparent ones are best for checking on the worms - but I just take them in a...
  11. boofeng

    Culturing live foods?

    There are quite a few local Caridina species. The most common one is quite large and females always have a distinctly creamy skunk stripe - in the local scene they are sold as "Malaya shrimp". They have very small eggs which develop into very tiny nauplii instead of fully formed shrimplets -...
  12. boofeng

    An opportunity with sp. Juara/Cruzeiro!

    Hello friends Just wanted to share my huge excitement at having the opportunity to work with a pair of the rare and elusive sp. Juara. A local shop managed to bring these in from Taiwan for a (very!) pretty penny, but seeing them settling in nicely makes it worth every cent. The pair entered...
  13. boofeng

    Trifasciata for beginners ?

    My borelli "opal" (German captive bred) just brought out a batch of bottom hugging fry, in a tank that measures only 30x20x25 cm. And this is their second brood in this tank! It's very densely planted with moss, frogbit, hornwort, Ceratopteris and the usual obligatory bits of algae...
  14. boofeng

    Cory and Apistogramma?

    Cool, I'll probably get pygmies if I ever choose to keep cories with my apistos, then! :D
  15. boofeng

    Cory and Apistogramma?

    Did I read right, Darrel? Adult pygmy cories actually like to eat microworms? That's good to know because microworms are pretty easy (though smelly!) to culture.
  16. boofeng

    Apistogramma sp. Tame

    That's fascinating, Tom, especially all the bitaeniata types - I wish we imported more of these fish. Maybe I will go on a trip to Hong Kong or Japan and find some. So glad someone is documenting all these! :)
  17. boofeng

    Apistogramma sp. Tame

    Thanks for the ID, Mike! :) Wah, so exciting! Looking forward to seeing all these new fish. I'll stay off them for longer though, unless some really spectacular looking fish come in (not holding my breath, though).
  18. boofeng

    Apistogramma sp. Tame

    The fish above reached Singapore last month with the description, Apistogramma cf hoignei "Tame". Are they the same fish as in this thread? (Sorry for the poor pictures I just snapped some with my phone while passing by the shop.) I'm also very befuddled by the whole macmasteri complex - so...
  19. boofeng

    Buying GRINDAL WORMS

    It's easiest to get from a local source - try asking around at your local fish stores and clubs? (Plus it's sort of hard to ship any live organism into Australia, isn't it?)
  20. boofeng

    catching apistogramma cacatuoides fry

    As a variation on the bottle trap, I sometimes use a breeder box (the type used for guppies and shrimp) stuffed full of plants, especially java moss, plus a squirt of grindal worms. When the fry are deep within the plants I pull the box up, and their natural response is to seek cover, swimming...
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