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My macmasteri red mask pair has spawned with no success for 4 times until now (from what I saw). First 2 egg-laying happened inside the coconut cave, the hole has big enough for the male to enter, he drove the female outside the cave and "taking care of eggs" (after 2-3 days the eggs was gone...
100l (ro+tap), white fine sand, 3 drift wood, 2 coconut caves, oak leaves and alder fruits
Flora - Pistia stratiotes and Eichhornia crassipes
Fauna - for the moment only A. Agassizi pair (domestic red-top/red-tail strain) ;)
What do you know about them? It's just a scalare with a different name or it could be a altum?
Picture source: http://www.kijiji.it/annunci/altri-animali/messina-annunci-messina/ultimi-5-pterophyllum-altum-peruensis-3-3-5-cm/37996585
How is the interaction between beckfordi and apisto fry? From what I read should not be problems. I expect 15 beckfordi next week and I want to introduce them into my 200 liter tank.
Just a piece of a river…
Eheim tank 240 l
JBL Amazon decor
Fine white sand
JBL e901 Greenline external filter (full with seachem matrix, sera siporax, jbl micromec)
Eheim internal filter, will be replaced in the next days with Eheim 2075 external filter (full with sera siporax, jbl micromec...
I'm thinking to keep two pairs, one agassizi and one macmasteri in 100 l tank. I don't have a empty tank for the second, the only solution for them to be alone is a 25 l tank, wich is very little.
Can this setup work fine?
Is about this tank (this is how it looks now):
What is the best option for keeping 2 species (one pair or 1m+2f from each) into a 200 l tank, between cacatuoides, agassizi and macmasteri?
If the most aggressive are agassizi, the best option will be cacatuoides with macmasteri?
Thanks.
A few days ago I noticed that my cockatoo male was struggling to remove feces. He was standing on the surface, with swollen belly and feces hangs (was normal feces, not white, filamentous). I said he ate too much and reduced food rations: the next day just ate some BBS, second day some frozen...
How many generations of fry can be kept in one 25 L (aprox 7 G) tank? Some say just one, others say more...
If the number of fry is ... let say about 100 from 2 generations (one next the other, with difference between them from about 3 weeks), can I keep them together?
The fry are 18 days old, and couple of days ago I noticed that they are spending the time in hiding places, because both parents are chasing them (especially the male). In the tank are left 12 fry, but when I try to count them I see only 1-2. The reason is that parents are preparing for a new...
I have a cacatuoides female who is chased by the other 2 females and one male. The tank is 80 cm long so she is caught in the middle. She found one secluded place in the surface and almost all the time she stays there. She is very weak, the last days she refuse food (frozen artemia and daphnia)...
The eggs is a delicacy for them, but fry? From what I have read the "rule" say no, but I think that it's possible to happen occasionally, being fish that loves live food (especially on the bottom), and very active nocturnal.
If they found during the night some fry resting on the bottom (even in...
This is my second tank, started couple of days ago, today I introduced 1 pair of apistogramma cacatuoides orange (I can't find here another apisto, even this one is hard to find). The male has a little scratch, probably a fight with another male, I hope he will be ok.
Tank - 100 L, drift wood...
Tonight I found some eggs on the tank decor, for sure yesterday wasn't there, and the female becomes extremely territorial.
What tips do you have for me?
- should I change water these days (how much) or not?
- it's better if I let the "moonlight" leds on, during the night? (I have only cockatoo...
One of my males is not eating for approx. 2 weeks, is very weak, pale colors and much of time he is hiding into a coconut cave. No external signs, no wounds, ... What can I do?
Ph=6,6
Kh=5
Temp=79
From your experience, what are the best spawning caves for apisto, the ones with better results? I never saw eggs in a coconut cave, but I saw between echinodorus leaves or even on the tank decor. What works better for you: coconut, drift wood, plants, artificial caves like flowerpot, plastic...
Hello
I have a 100 liter tank with apistogramma cacatuoides orange: 2 males and 5 females, for about 9 months. Three months ago the dominant male died, by then females had spawned about 3-4 times in total (without success), but since I introduced another male nothing happens in the tank. Two...
I am an apisto fan, I have one 26 gallons tank with apistogramma cocatuoides from 9 months and i hope I can breed them in the next future.
I must say that the one who told me about this forum is "Aquatic Master" from youtube, a real master with breeding apisto. Thank you and good to find you all.