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Like Apistomaster states they are a the larval stage of a family of insects: Chironomidae spp.
The adult insects can form huge swarms, which is why they in my country are called "dancing mosquitos". They don't bite though.
That they should be heavily contaminated is probably a confusion...
I think that the rotpunkt is actually closer related to A. tucurui. This should also be the species that over all resembles your rotpunkt the most.
But you never know...:confused:
All the best,
Lars
That is not what Ted wrote. Only that if feeding more than a given amount some food will not be digested. That is not the same as negative correlation.
If you feed a lot, you can actually see the food being passed without any digestion. I've seen it with blood worms :eek:
Lars
They never made it till hatching, but I suppose they would hatch as they look perfectly healthy. I won't hatch them artificially, and who knows, maybe she will get it right eventually. In the mean time I have acquired a second female and placed it in the same tank to improve the odds of seeing...
Bleaching rocks seems like overkill to me. I would just wash them thouroughly in pure water and at the most pour boiling water over them.
all the best,
Lars
I have a pair of A. trifasciata that have spawned 3 times, but the eggs never made it till hatching.
I just assumed that the female ate the eggs, but the last time they had spawned I saw that the eggs had come down from the ceiling of the spawning cave, and even saw the female desperately...
There is no doubt that apistos have an excellent ability to distinguish quite subtle differences in color.
I think it is safe to say that the yellow color serves as a signal and not as a camouflage. The signal could be given in many directions though. Towards mature conspecifics and the fry...
OK:)
I asked because my female of this species does not show any orange in the tail at all. But I wouldn't know if this is common or not, as this is the only female I have ever seen live.
It is not baenschi.
Apistogramma sp. "Zwilling/Twin" is the name, and your photo shows a female. The fish in the background is something else though.
All the best,
Lars
There are quite a few factors that could influence here, but I also believe that you can actually breed the brood care out of a strain of fish (like Asian rams e.g.).
I don't think that it is learned behavior. If you pull the eggs from a couple that are able to raise their fry, I still think...
For me the main thrill of keeping cichlids has always been seeing the parents protect and raise their fry. My honest opinion is that if the parents are not capable of raising fry, then their genes were not meant to be passed on.
Having said that, there could be other reasons than bad parents...
Since you already have a tank with a filter in function, I suggest that you take some of the filter material from this filter and put it in the filter of your new tank. If you only have a sponge as filter material, give it a good twist into the new filter.
Either of these two solutions provide...