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  1. koty

    Can anybody identify?

    So after 48 hrs in proper conditions and as confirmed by Dr Oxmann is seem to be A. macmasteri
  2. koty

    Can anybody identify?

    Sorry about that I guess cellphone camera and blackwater are not a good starting point: However here is a short movie here is a short downloadable movie of this guy: https://www.dropbox.com/s/tm5yks8n8mzlffh/2020-09-16%2015.09.54.mp4?dl=0
  3. koty

    Can anybody identify?

    Can anybody identify? It was sold to me as A. Cacatuides... But it is definitely not: link to movie: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qub4gecs69tm8ey/WhatsApp%20Video%202020-09-16%20at%2015.12.04.mp4?dl=0
  4. koty

    ID please

    My goodness I could be rich. I have two to three active pairs and close to 90% survival of the ones that i syphon. In israel very few people are interested in apistos. I recently sold 8 9 months old fish for 5 nis (a bit more then 1$) each. I have around 20 young, 4 months old and a 2 week...
  5. koty

    melgar?

    Here is a picture of a Papagai active m & fm. Their ID is sure as they are from the same paerents: I wonder if the different pattern (mine vs Noddy65) on the female is a variation or a sign of a different sp?
  6. koty

    Breeding Agassizii

    They look too red to be from nature You should use at least a combination of R/O water.the pH is too hi and probably your water is to hard (too much Ca/Mg prevent efficient fertilization) Peat filtered water do miracles in terms of induce spawning and egg/larvae/parent survival.
  7. koty

    Finally a female showed up

    Hi there Mike, here are two pictures i got from Jan (Dr. Oxmann) of females from the two species (A. sp. Nanay/Melgar and A. sp. Papagei/Parrot). Can you determine the species in each picture?
  8. koty

    Finally a female showed up

    yes, twice First spawn i separated 10 and now I have 6 healthy young ones 2nd time I left them with their mom but the aq. is too crowded and they survived a bit more than a week. Now I think have eggs based on the females color. I'll try to transfer them with the mother.
  9. koty

    Finally a female showed up

    Thanks for the correction. I have to say that the female was completely indistinguishable from the rest of my fish. based on size i have clearly two (out of six) males the "alpha" is most of the time very pale.
  10. koty

    Finally a female showed up

    Here is an adult male iniridea: Here is the Melgar female getting ready... ... and that is a Melgar male but not the dominant
  11. koty

    Baby Iniridea 3 months old

    My A. Iniridea are 3 monthes old. Grew in pure R/O with half grown ancistrus in a 45 liter aquarium with massive filtration Feeding is based only on detritus from a gambisia inhabited aquarium situated in a sunny spot. You can see the green guk at the bottom: Feeding twice dayly...
  12. koty

    Sick cardinal in apisto tank

    can anybody identify and suggest a treatment?
  13. koty

    An active pair of Iniridea

    The moment I have been waiting for: :) :tongue: :wink:
  14. koty

    An active pair of Iniridea

    finally an active pair of Iniridea. They are guarding a territory. And the fm has her own half coconut that she gets in & out of. The pH is kind of too high (5.5 70-100µS) so I guess there is a low chance for getting something out of the eggs. The fmale The male
  15. koty

    Question about reported natural black water parameters

    Dont get me wrong. I am not questioning the validity of the info. Rather I am trying to understand how the conductivity remain that low. Now I think that it is possible that as opposed to charged ions (salts), dissolved carbons (from the peat) actually reduce the conductivity values of the...
  16. koty

    Question about reported natural black water parameters

    In several of the reports on the water tested at some black water habitats they report on very low conductivity (around 10 microS, for example) yet a very low pH (around 4.0). The low pH means three orders of magnitude higher (than neutral) H+ (protons) conentration. My question is: How can...
  17. koty

    Apistogramma sp. "Maulbruter"

    I would try something different such as a half a coconut shell. May be the different inner wall angles will change her habits Koty
  18. koty

    A. Iniridea filter-feeding

    A. Iniridea eartheating Thanks for the remark Mike.
  19. koty

    sick Apisto agassizii

    The pH is way too high. The peat extract might be of great help if it's not too late. Agassizis wherever they come from will always appriciate some dissolved carbons. The TDS you report is not a very informative parameter, µ-simens is more commonly used when biotopes are described.
  20. koty

    blue rams

    So i guess you got them from "African cichlid"?
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