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  1. hongyj

    Apistogramma cacatuoides fry growth rate.

    Oh great! new post from you that I didn't see. Good setup honestly, you replicate what I've been doing in my fry raising setups, add floaters to help with the water chemistry and add fast growing plants like hygrophilia or water sprite/wisteria. For me, I add my old kattappa leaves that are...
  2. hongyj

    First time breeding A. cacatuoides

    I breed all my fish in 10 gallons my cacas as well. I find the most success in an environment where my apistos feel safe. vn though I net them all the time, my apistogrammas don't hide when I move things around in the tank, swim out in the open and interact with thir environmnt without being shy...
  3. hongyj

    A. Cacatuoides fry(s,es?)gone

    I've had too much success with my cactuiodes recently. I've been getting spawns upwards of 100 almost every week or every other week from two pairs I have. I've tried multiple different setups, water parameters, etc.. I've had my best pair eat their spawns twice recently now. Sometimes you just...
  4. hongyj

    A. Cacautoides MM pair - one fatality

    I agree with what Mike said, he's probably, if not one of, the best people on this forum in terms of activity, knowledge, and experience. Either keep a pair as in male female or stick to either male/female. I know the female apistos don't look as nice but when they are ready to spawn thy become...
  5. hongyj

    Apistogramma problem with eyes

    ohhhhh lol. I have a lot of leaf litter in the tank so the pH is pretty low. I removed a lot of the tannin in the water because it made it so that the glass of the tank essentially a mirror meaning my fish would constantly flare and hit the glass and the male started to have red markings on his...
  6. hongyj

    Apistogramma problem with eyes

    Yea but breeders have been known to shine a flashlight in there without problems and she didn't eat the eggs when i shined my flashlight in. I made the light red by putting clear tape with red marker on it because I know fish can't see red light. I think it's because it's her first spawn and I...
  7. hongyj

    Apistogramma problem with eyes

    Thank you for your reply. The pH is around 6 right now and I'm not sure what you mean by humic substances. I always see you writing about them but am not sure what you mean. Could you clarify? And also I don't think they spawn without triggers like waterchanges and it takes me a good 2 weeks...
  8. hongyj

    Apistogramma problem with eyes

    A coupe days ago, my apistogramma cactuiodes pair spawn for the first time and she spawned underneath a leaf and everyday she kept on eating more eggs and at first I assumed she was eating the unfertilized eggs but when shining a flashlight inside and watching her, she ate some fertile eggs so I...
  9. hongyj

    We made it to week 3 Cacatuoides

    No problem, when I first replied I was in class and the teacher was doing a lecture but I saw this and thought I might chime in because no one really said anything useful as far as I could see.
  10. hongyj

    Agassizii infertility?

    Though kH is necessary for preventing pH crashes, apistos enjoy low pH. I've heard from other breeders that they've had to make their ph around 6.4 and reduce their hardness to around 10ppm. I've kept agassizii in densely planted 10 gallon tanks usually with proliferating java fern, java moss...
  11. hongyj

    We made it to week 3 Cacatuoides

    It seems like you're doing a good job with the feeding yea that's also good, rehoming them might be risky if they've only lived in RO water would you like to keep the conversation on here? or have me email you or whatever. I might be making a video on this soon. This depends on where you live...
  12. hongyj

    Agassizii infertility?

    Plants don't really affect the eggs and I would argue are beneficial. Agassizii, though many are domestic strains, require very soft water or the eggs seem to calcify and not hatch leading them to just rot. Java fern would take away from the nitrates and are beneficial to the tank ecosystem so...
  13. hongyj

    We made it to week 3 Cacatuoides

    Start cycling the 2 tanks that you are getting. Get sponge filters as they don't have a lot of flow which impedes the health and growth of the fry. A lot of people feed baby brine shrimp to adults daily or for conditioning so you can keep feeding it to them; however, they will require more and...
  14. hongyj

    Apistogramma cf. Agassizii (netz) eggs don’t hatch

    yooo im a 17 year old breeding apistogramma cactuiodes right now. Let me know if you need some help. My discord is YJN#5597. I've bred different fish before so I'm using this experience to breed apistos
  15. hongyj

    How to acclimate apistogramma (ordered online)?

    haha.. sorry about that. I know you're an active member in this forum. This is my first time posting but I know you hate non wild type apistos. I think I read you saying somewhere that "apistos are so mutated that they don't even look like the wild cactuiodes anymore" or something like that
  16. hongyj

    How to acclimate apistogramma (ordered online)?

    one of the pairs is going in a 20 long and the other is going in a 10 gallon. I think they'll be able to handle the 10 gallon tho.
  17. hongyj

    How to acclimate apistogramma (ordered online)?

    only one pair in a 10 gallon but im ordering two gallons
  18. hongyj

    How to acclimate apistogramma (ordered online)?

    oh. I have no other fish so I'm just planning on putting them in my 10 gallon. I know 10 gallon is a bit small for cactuiodes but it's densely planted with bacopa, driftwood, java fern and other plants
  19. hongyj

    How to acclimate apistogramma (ordered online)?

    Hi all, I've ordered 2 pairs of apistogramma quad reds online that are expected to arrive on tuesday. I'm not sure how to acclimate them because I'm scared of losing the fish. They were really expensive and it's my first time ordering online so I'm unsure how to acclimate them properly. I've...
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