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  1. Ekona

    Chrom. bitaeniatum CI2014

    Very nice, Micke, thanks for posting them. A great looking killi, and, I'm sure even better in real life. Here is an A. cyanostictum.
  2. Ekona

    Ragnar's Apistos

    Welcome and thanks for sharing! Great looking aquarium - excellent layout and design. Check nitrate levels and be sure to keep them as low as possible <10ppm or lower if possible. You have a very nice community tank and therefore all the interactions that will take place between the species...
  3. Ekona

    Epiplatys fasciolatus WC

    Had to move a pair of these to a holding tank and grabbed this not so great image of the male. At first I thought these were going to be rather bland, but they have turned out to be quite nice. Male ~ 1.5" wild from Jeff at Aquatic Clarity - imported from Guinea in 2014.
  4. Ekona

    A. calliurum - WC

    Hope for the future - F1 female ~15mm
  5. Ekona

    A. calliurum - WC

    Wild male grown out some, from last year. I sold off all my killies last year thinking I was done with keeping them. I put the java moss from their tanks into my dwarf cichlids tanks. To my surprise a half-dozen A. calliurum fry appeared in with the growing out cichlids...here is one of the...
  6. Ekona

    Apistogramma kullanderi

    Here is the link to the abstract, which will give you the name and authors of the description/article, but not the full article. http://www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/pdf/ief25_3_06.pdf
  7. Ekona

    Scriptaphyosemion geryi WC

    Santa did not bring me a new camera this year, so this is the best I can do with my not too expensive workhorse. I'm going for a natural set-up as this species is supposed to allow fry to survive in the tank with them.
  8. Ekona

    Pre-Sales List from Below Water (Oliver Lucanus)

    Yes, thanks. (That was more of a rhetorical question, as in "has it not been quite a while since we've seen wild importations of those two species - up until the ones Oliver just got in"?) Anyone remember when they have seen wilds of those two species (maybe less long ago than I'm thinking?)
  9. Ekona

    Pre-Sales List from Below Water (Oliver Lucanus)

    Good to hear you are continuing to work with Oliver to bring in really cool species. FYI, Oliver is of the opinion that the A. cf. cacatuoides from the Rio Acre that he has in stock is the same as the one collected by Tom C. as shown in his Apisto News articles...
  10. Ekona

    Hemichromis stellifer wild pair with fry

    Congratulations! and thanks for sharing. They look to be a peaceful pair? I tried to breed wild H. cristatus once, but the male was so aggressive I simply could not have the pair together in the same space (30 breeder with tons of hiding places for female.) I separated them with a plastic mesh...
  11. Ekona

    German Apistos

    Not sure of the answer, but I can say my first pair of apistos were german bred A. agassizii. Ironically they looked very similar to "Mr. Beautiful" of Tom C's. wild collection. By far, the best pair of domestically bred aggies I've ever had.
  12. Ekona

    Collecting.....

    I was wondering the very same thing. However, I recall that H. Bleher showed a collection of A. agg. from one small stream with the same extreme color variations, I don't recall the location right off hand, though.
  13. Ekona

    Benitochromis cf. finleyi "Mungo Blue" Wild Habitat Video

    Neat underwater video showing thousands of Benitochromis cf. finleyi "Mungo Blue" in habitat.
  14. Ekona

    Nannacara aureocephalus "Chutes de Fourgassier"

    Purple and gold leaf!
  15. Ekona

    And another one from Washington (the evergreen one)

    In my opinion sand is much easier to manage: The larger gravels trap waste and debris in the interstitial spaces that can lead to nitrogenous waste build up - not good for apisto fry. Also the larger sized gravels are hard to clean with a siphon tube. Small gravel probably is best if you are...
  16. Ekona

    And another one from Washington (the evergreen one)

    Neat fish, congrats on the fry and sharing the photos. I like the aquarium too, although I am a proponent of using sand as the substrate for apistos and recommend that to you as well. It simulates their natural habitat and is easy to maintain/manage. Good luck with them.
  17. Ekona

    Scriptaphyosemion geryi WC

    A few pics of wild Scriptaphyosemion geryi. Currently ~1.25 inches - should be quite nice when full grown at ~2 inches. Male - nice specimen- part of the caudal fin was missing and is now growing back. Females - neat looking in their own way. I find the ideal water temperature seems to be...
  18. Ekona

    Collecting.....

    Wow, Tom, the yellows are so intense! Aggies are great apistos! Thanks for sharing .
  19. Ekona

    Amphibious African Killifish

    There is one male and 4 females in this group, I think, and the male did not appear to be overly aggressive. I really think it was the rise in temperature and lowered DO, but who knows could be they just like to have fun? The other thing that induces them to jump is any kind of current in the...
  20. Ekona

    Coming in from Below Water (Oliver Lucanus)

    Great, Ted, hope it works out. If folks want to see what some of these species look like they can view Oliver's Facebook page. He has many species nicely photographed and in healthy condition and full color.
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