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  1. a.d.wood

    Newly described Apisto's from Colombia

    Notification of the 2 new papers seems to be missing from here so here you go: Lina M. Mesa Salazar & Carlos A. Lasso. (2011). Apistogramma megaptera (Perciformes: Cichlidae), una nueva especie para la cuenca del Orinoco. Biota Colombiana 12(1): 19-29. Abstract We describe a new species...
  2. a.d.wood

    exLamprologus ornatipinnis

    As a Lake Tanganyika shell dweller I think these qualify as dwarf!!! Male showing off! And a side shot of the male (ornatipinnis translates as ornate fins, a good name!) The female has the yellow forehead as well but is generally a bit darker And some of the youngsters...
  3. a.d.wood

    Problems with logging in to the new site

    Strange one this.... I have to login every time I visit the site as the 'remeber me' doesn't seem to do that. More worrying though, when I log in with my username and password I get the welcome screen and then thrown back out to the main forum page as if I haven't logged in (no UCP at the...
  4. a.d.wood

    Apistogramma sp. Kelleri, images to share with you all!!

    On this occasion Apistogramma sp. Kelleri, a relatively new addition to the UK hobby. Picked them up back in September and the pair obliged with some nice portrait shots; Fast forward to today and the male has now fully coloured up and sporting a nice lyreate tail and some pretty...
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    A visit to Mark 'Microman' Breeze

    As followers of the forum will be awareTom C and Mark visited Peru last month and Mark was very fortunate to bring some Apisto's back with him (and of course Tom took some home to Norway as well!). I popped over through the week to get some photographs as there a couple of species Mark has...
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    Colour changing in Apistogramma hippolytae

    Raoni Rosa Rodrigues, Lucélia Nobre Carvalho, Jansen Zuanon and Kleber Del-Claro. (2009). Color changing and behavioral context in the Amazonian Dwarf Cichlid Apistogramma hippolytae (Perciformes). Neotropical Ichthyology, 7(4):641-646. Abstract: Animal coloration has many functions, and...
  7. a.d.wood

    A new West African dwarf cichlid genus erected

    Pelvicachromis sp. Blue Fin has finally been described: Lamboj, A. (2009). A new dwarf cichlid genus and species (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from Guinea, West Africa. Zootaxa. 2173, 41-48. Abstract Enigmatochromis lucanusi, a new cichlid genus and species, is described from Guinea (West...
  8. a.d.wood

    BCA, 2009 Spring Convention announcement

    More info to follow as it becomes available. Andrew
  9. a.d.wood

    Apistogramma sp. Twin/Zwilling (A181)

    I collected these a good few months back on one of my rambles around the UK, problem is I can't quite remember where it was now!! They've sat in one of the tanks on the bottom row of the rack since they came into the fish house, found the female gurading a nice little clutch of fry yesterday...
  10. a.d.wood

    Vertebrate Zoology 58 (2) 2008

    The new issue is available on-line at: http://www.vertebrate-zoology.de/ Of interest to this forum: A description of a new Apistogramma, Apistogramma erythrura. This was formerly known as Apistogramma sp. Mamore (A207)...
  11. a.d.wood

    British Cichlid Association, Autumn Convention 2008

    This year, the AGM and autumn convention will be held at the Festival of Fishkeeping (FoF) on the 12th of October 2008. The FoF will be held at the Mill Rythe Holiday Village Resort LLP, 16 Havant Road, Hayling Island, Hampshire PO11 0PB from the 10th to the 12th of October. The BCA will be...
  12. a.d.wood

    Apistogramma sp. Gigas????

    For those of you not familiar with the Petfrd forum (Singapore based forum), a link was posted (by a respected icthyologist) to a Brazilian project: http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/field/Pipe_Expedition/Home.html Browsing through the non catfish/cyprinid images, the first 2 on the page...
  13. a.d.wood

    Breeding, Biotoecus sp. Tapajos

    I collected these many months back and have had 7 in one of my breeding tanks with no sign of them doing anything other than growing. I cleaned the tank last night and noticed that a pair seemed to have formed and a couple of pits had been dug in the sand at the front of the tank beside the...
  14. a.d.wood

    British Cichlid Association, Spring Convention 2008

    To announce: The British Cichlid Association Spring Convention 2008 To be held on Sunday 13th April 2008 at the Britannia Wigan Hotel, Standish, Wigan, UK. Our guest speaker will be Dr. Paul Loiselle from the New York Aquarium and he will be giving 2 presentations, the first covering...
  15. a.d.wood

    ID help please

    Hi there, These came into the UK from Brazil with the name Apistogramma 'Xingu Gold'. Current thought is that they might actually be Apistogramma sp Erdfresser / Earth-eater. Unfortunately they are in a very difficult tank to get decent shots, the male is just starting to show a lyreate...
  16. a.d.wood

    Congochromis sabinae breeding success

    First new fry in the fish house for 2008 :) :) :) :) Collected during the week before christmas 2007 and housed as a pair in their own 70 litre tank (with a dozen young Aphyocypris sp. as dithers): Male > And with the youngsters > I also have a reverse trio of Congochromis...
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    ID assist no.2

    Ok folks, next bag: Ordered as Ap. sp. Xingu Vitoria (and received in a bag labelled as Vitoria) All in, not the best of orders for receiving what was requested. The order also included Ap. paucisquamis 'unini' (and what was received looks more like a pulchra style fish) and Ap...
  18. a.d.wood

    ID assist no.1

    Hi folks, First of a couple of ID assistance requests. Fish arrived yesterday from Belem. These were ordered as Ap. Vilflek and expected (OK, hoped) to receive Ap. sp. Vielfleck. Anyone care to point me in the right direction?? Thanks Andrew edit > meant to say, they were received in...
  19. a.d.wood

    Apistogramma sp 'Breitbinden'

    Hi folks, As mentioned in an earlier thread on here, I managed to pick up a pair of Ap. sp. Breitbinden as contaminants in a tank of Ap. iniridae that had been imported from Colombia. Female has been cagey for the last week or so and nice piles of sand had been dug out from under the bog...
  20. a.d.wood

    Remineralisation salts for RO water

    Hi folks, Any one have experience of making DIY remineralisation salts?? I've been using RO water filtered through peat in the past which seems fine for the apisto's in the fish house, but I have a couple of projects/ideas where raising the GH/KH a little bit might be an advantage...
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