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  1. skoram

    Apistogramma agassizii ID

    Thank you Mike. Your ability to recognize these minute differences between hundreds of different Apistogramma variants is quite frankly amazing.
  2. skoram

    Apistogramma agassizii ID

    These were just labeled generic Apistogramma agassizii at the store I purchased them from but I'm wonder if they have a more specific designation. Picture of the male: Male with 2 females (I think): This ad on another website made me wonder whether they are Tefe Bauana, the markings and...
  3. skoram

    spawned in hardwater

    They need to publish Kindle versions of these books. I'd love to purchase a copy but I don't want to pay $30 to ship 1 book to Korea ...
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    Apistogramma uaupesi "red face"

    Thanks for the suggestions and replies. I thought about putting some dark material on the panel below the lights to block or dim them, but I am concerned about this material melting or catching fire. Is this a valid concern with LED lights? I also have several floating plants in the tank...
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    Apistogramma uaupesi "red face"

    Finished redecorating my tank yesterday. Here is a shot of the new layout: Male A. uaupesi seems satisfied with the changes: The pH reads *slightly* lower at 6.9. I guess the leaves will need some time to take effect - or perhaps I need to add more of them. I'll be happy if I can bring...
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    Apistogramma uaupesi "red face"

    I plan to make slow and gradual changes to the water. Better safe than sorry and the apistos seem to be doing perfectly fine with current water conditions. Of course, what we can see with our eyes and what the fish is actually experiencing can be completely different. I do, however, plan to...
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    Apistogramma uaupesi "red face"

    It wasn't an impulse purchase exactly - I spent about 2 weeks staring at the photos on the website and mulling the decision over - but clearly I hadn't done enough research. For one thing, I thought the decor of my tank would be OK since I had several caves and a medium number of plants. I would...
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    Apistogramma uaupesi "red face"

    Wethumbs, after looking over this thread again I think I see where your concern came from. I'm not planning to try to bring the tank down to pH 3.5 any time soon. I think I'll be satisfied if I can get it down to 5.5 as you originally pointed out for regular living. If and when I do decide to...
  9. skoram

    Apistogramma uaupesi "red face"

    Thanks for the wise advice Wethumbs. I'm not actually altering the tank to breed them, breeding is a secondary concern that may or may not come to the fore down the line. It seems to me that, whether or not I wish to breed them, 2 things need to change: the tank decor (more cover, density...
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    Apistogramma uaupesi "red face"

    Thanks for the confirmation and tips Mike. I assume the rasboras and otos are OK and it's just the other Apistos I need to be concerned about? I will attempt to reduce the pH through peat filtration (using aforementioned black peat granules) but I'm not sure that will bring me all the way...
  11. skoram

    Apistogramma uaupesi "red face"

    Darrel you are a wealth of information. Thank you. Based on the suggestions made in this thread, I've decided to rescape the tank over the weekend. I plan to replace the ADA Africana substrate with sand, add a few pieces of large "branchy" driftwood, dried leaves, more "caves" and more floating...
  12. skoram

    Apisto riparium

    wow, this is a beautiful tank. I'm curious what you did to make that background? From the photos it looks like a wall of branches.
  13. skoram

    Apistogramma uaupesi "red face"

    Josh, thanks for the welcome :D Wethumbs: I was told and read that they need around 5 - 5.5 pH for breeding ... I've never heard of freshwater fish living in pH 3.5 water. I don't doubt what you're saying but that's pretty extreme. How did you get your water to become so acidic? Aside from the...
  14. skoram

    Apistogramma uaupesi "red face"

    Wow, thanks for all the great replies. I was aware that I would have to lower the pH and was in the process of trying to determine the most appropriate way to do this. My initial thought was to add some pH lowering leaf litter...
  15. skoram

    Apistogramma uaupesi "red face"

    Hello all. This is my first post on this forum so I'll introduce myself very quickly. My name is Sam and I'm an American expat living in Seoul, Korea. I've been keeping fish for nearly 15 years and somewhat recently became interested in Apistos starting with a few agassizii I purchased on...
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