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gorgeous fish blueblue...
I love the extensions of the dorsal fin! I had a few of these about a year ago and loved them. I found the f1s to be more colorful than the parents were but even at that they were nowhere near as colorful as yours are! Beautiful fish!
mosquito larvae and daphnia are excellent forms of food for almost all full grown adult apistos, but be careful of dragonfly nymphs as they will kill and eat fish they can get a hold of.
Hello,
IF your eyes do not fool you, then CONGRATS! You are one of the few who have a female steel blue! There aren't that many steelblue females circulating because of the nature of the fish. Because steelblue are hybridized fish, not occuring anywhere outside of the aquarium for some...
Hello Danny,
Some of the things that can lead apistos to hiding and loss of appetite are water conditions, stress, and as you've already heard, during the act of spawning. Chances are, since your male was active before and now has just stopped or is not as active and not eating as much it...
Hello Barb,
The lone male would be good in either of the tanks, but as you suspected, he might make the shrimp a snack. If the aggression isn't drastic and never gets beyond just chasing, then he'd be fine in the tank he is in already. if the violence gets beyond that, then it can be moved...
sounds like you have a sleeper male that may have spawned with the female. If the female stays in that cave and has turned into the yellow and black markings, then either they've spawned and she's guarding or she starting to get ready. Because they occupied the cave already, they've most likely...
Are you sure the gold one is a male? If "IT" follows the male around and isn't confronting but rather just following the triple male then it might be a she. Was the gold one getting beat up by the triple male? if not, then it'd be more than safe to leave him amongst the other two. If you notice...
looks like a standard specimen A. agassizi. It's not A. cf tefe tho. I'm not sure from what location, but rather it should just be a good representation of the widely distributed agassizi. john
Cacatuoides size, by way of comparison to the whole apistogramma genus, is a bulky fish but not huge by any means in my opinion. 10 centimeters isn't big at all. Maybe confusions with inches? The largest would be very old males that are kept in large aquariums. I personally have had cacatuoides...
otos are excellent for cleaning but keep them in small groups of 4-6 in a tank 20 gallons or more. The movement of the fish aren't really a problem as long as it's not drastic changes... which dwarf did you have in mind?
Hello wlagory,
I would say that it would be more than possible for another pair of apistos to be added to your tank without any problems. If you would like to add a pair of apistos just to add them and not worry about fry or spawnings, then you can leave all the tetras and cories. Obviously...
Ahh, the secrets....!!! Great looking fish again blueblue!
There are fish that could be exceedingly difficult to find if you don't know where to look. Every chance I get, I go to cichlid clubs and ask around to see who keeps what and I can usually find something that I want. I think it's the...
Hi Barb,
Well, your water is actually fine for cacatuoides. They'll spawn and do quite well in your water and are quite suitable for starters. best of luck! john