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Thanks Tom. The different forms of fry are indeed interesting.
pH 4-5 is quite low. Let me see how to achieve this. EC 80 is no problem although when using acids for the extra low pH, it wil rise. I guess a lower EC (using rainwater or water from anion-kation exchange) and using peat might work.
That could be it Tom: I only have a pair. When I move about ib the room with aquaria they withdraw.
Nice picture with 'some' D51's.
Off the record: at what water values do you get eggs and fry? (pH and EC).
Yes A. sp.D52 is a very different Apisto. Different from D51 that is. D 51 makes you think of uaupesi or flabellicauda or lineata. D52 is, well you could call it passive, that is my experience too. They stay in their hiding places/holes all day (and night?)
D51 I would certainly not call passive...
I read 'HE posted pictures..........
'He' Newbie is me. You could have directed your comment to me and not the community. And of course no need to thank me. I sent you these pictures gladly.
Indeed I incorrectly said pictures are of the A. sp. D52. But as I have both D51 en D52 I tend to...
Utaka had young fish (F1, F2?) from a Dutch breeder who decided to stop breeding, for a while at least.
I got mine from him too.
Pictures showing the D52 are his. So credits for him.
I have not been able to get pictures showing my own pair. They are extremely elusive and shy. The first weeks...
Hi Mac. Breeding groups, so presence of females, are a different thing altogether. Neither I would then have more than one species and preferably not more than one male. My point here was that when one has several males, for instance left from breeding groups, after females have gone, one has to...
Just for your information: in my community tank (130x50x50cm) I keep 5 Hyph. jackrobertsi, 6 Moenkhausia bonita, 3 Otocinclus vittatus, 4 male Apisto's (flabellicauda, psammophila, sp.Juruá en iniridae), until a month ago also a pair of Dicrossus filamentosus (died witin one week age 3 years)...
I bought 8 of this 'Morse Code' tetra's just over 2 years ago. I now have 17 or 18 , of which only 5 are old, original ones. They are kept with 2 Apisito males (flabellicauda) in a 100x40x45 cm Eheim tank, full of floating plants and little light. pH 5-6 and conductivity about 40. The fry never...
Saw them in the shop last week. Very pretty fish. Regretted to leave the shop without some of them. But when one has no space left.... what can you do?
For me the more lushly finned Apistogramma's that, according to me also have a typical friendly facial expression (if such exists): the iniridae group: uaupesi, flabellicauda, lineata, sp. Blutkehl, iniridae etc.
Less than a year ago I received a pair of these beautiful Apisto's. See picture.
The male was very eager to please the female. She did not exactly feel the same about him. Three months of this fruitless cohabitation made me purchase another male.
The same story unfolded: an eager male continuous...
whether or not they send fish I do not know. Contact them by phone (fast) or e-mail (slow).
Good luck.
A visit to the shop is recommended, make it a tourist trip!