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  1. Linds6292

    Aggressive female Apistogramma cacatuoides

    Time for an update. I reacted too quickly when I thought the eggs were gone again. In fact, she moved the wrigglers but before I knew that I put the tetras back in. Mum was pretty good as a parent. She kept them all away. It would have been way too hard to feed the fry in that tank though, so I...
  2. Linds6292

    Which peat or sphagnum moss to use to low pH?

    In my experience, a properly cycled tank should be able to deal with that pretty quickly. I wouldn't add anything except maybe plants if you are going to. I normally add about that level of ammonia when I cycle a filter and add fish when the tank can get rid of it in 12-24hrs.
  3. Linds6292

    Aggressive female Apistogramma cacatuoides

    You spoke about freezing them before. I can do that, but what doesn't make sense is that once they have been frozen they aren't live. Will they fry still eat them? If they will, why not just feed frozen shrimp? I have them in the freezer now. Or do you mean just feed them to something else...
  4. Linds6292

    Aggressive female Apistogramma cacatuoides

    Thanks Mike. Yes, I know it wasn't an ideal situation. I was setting up a tank like you are saying (see the previous post) and the pair spawned again before I could get them into it. Last time they spawned either the female or the tetras consumed the eggs within 24hrs. That's why I removed the...
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    Which peat or sphagnum moss to use to low pH?

    Some good info there. Most of what I've read about is Canada and USA based. From what I can gather they are obliged to recover the bogs they harvest. Canadian Wildlife Federation site has a lot of info and links to all relevant organisations.
  6. Linds6292

    Which peat or sphagnum moss to use to low pH?

    I'm certainly not an expert. I've just read a variety of sources. Some things keep coming up on both 'sides' of the coin. Peat growth is around 60% more yearly than harvesting loss. Peat miners and conservation groups are working and succeeding on restoring the bogs after mining by regrowing...
  7. Linds6292

    Aggressive female Apistogramma cacatuoides

    So, I have been going to set up a small breeder tank for this pair to spawn in. Yesterday I looked at the female and thought "you look pretty fat, I'd better hurry it up. So I set up a 20L tank with a filter I had been running on a plant tank that I just emptied. The flow was way too much for...
  8. Linds6292

    Which peat or sphagnum moss to use to low pH?

    Strong Style, not sure if you're aware and others reading might not know peat moss is sphagnum moss. Sphagnum moss grows in such a way that eventually it blocks out the light from the moss underneath and smothers it. In effect, killing its old self. The dead moss partially breaks down to form...
  9. Linds6292

    Aggressive female Apistogramma cacatuoides

    I see. That makes sense. So there is no cause to worry. I was thinking of getting another female. If that's the case, then maybe the tank is too small.
  10. Linds6292

    Aggressive female Apistogramma cacatuoides

    Thanks. I love the tank and it looks much better in person. I've added more moss etc. now too. I wonder if she ate the eggs or if the tetras did? You're right, they were right onto them. But she was holding them back if they got close. I'm going to set up a small tank so I can put them in...
  11. Linds6292

    Hi

    Thanks, mate. I went with cacatuoides. I got a male and a female. I just started a thread, you can see them. https://www.apistogramma.com/forum/threads/aggressive-female-apistogramma-cacatuoides.23663/
  12. Linds6292

    Aggressive female Apistogramma cacatuoides

    Hi I've just started getting back into the aquarium hobby after a few years. After coming across a LFS that had many Apistogramma, I got interested. I had just set up a new aquarium and decided to give them a go. I bought a male and female cacatuoides on the 2nd. They seem to be doing great...
  13. Linds6292

    Hi

    Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum and also pretty new to dwarf cichlids. I have kept rams before and though they spawned many times, I never had them hatch. Been away from the hobby for a few years and just getting back into it. Bought my first pair of Apistos not long back. I love them...
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