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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...
November and December last year I was lucky enough to get hold of 4 A. psammophila, (of which I sent some pictures before, when they were still minute). Three males and one female I can now establish. Furthermore A. sp. Jurua (sp. cruzeiro), a couple and A. flebellicauda, a couple. The A...
I recently came across a Japanese Imperial oak (Quercus dentata) from which I have a lot of leaves now. The leaves are up to 30-40 cm long, thick and hairy.
I have started using them in my tanks mainly because they make excellent sight barriers and hiding places.
What I should have started...
A week ago I was fortunate, very much so, to be able to buy 4 young, less than 2 cm sized, Apistogramma psammophila.
This Apistogramma (or diplotaenia) was high on my wishlist. They are F1's. The parentstock is from Rio Atabapo, Colombia.
They are small. They are presently being fed live...
Male succumbed after 3 weeks of slowly increased swelling of abdomen.
pH 6.5, total hardness <1, temp hardness <2, conductivity 75
Food Daphnia, Cyclops, black and white mosquito larvae, occasionally dry food
It was not a wild fish but a Fx generation captivity bred
Will start looking for...