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Thanks for the help everyone. I have fry!!
I added a mess of rocks and a handfull of peat moss to the tank, as well as a pair of rams a couple weeks ago. Must have done the trick, because tonight I saw freeswimming fry. They are really cool, head down, sifting in the substrate, just like...
Ted, Neil,
Thanks for the help. Yes, I am finding out that the male is a wife beater! She looks ready to spawn, he looks ready to kill. How about adding another pair of something else, like a common krib? Neil, what did you use for dithers?
Thanks.
Jeff
Oregon
Hello All,
After a few months break from dwarf's, I am starting again. Today I picked up a pair of N. Parilus, and would love to get advice on how to best keep them. Currently they are in a 20 long (12 x 12 x30), by themselves, with sand, java moss and a flower pot. Temp is 78, and water...
Rick,
Here is the full text of Mike's description. I believe it is a wild caught Apisto.
Jeff
What you are seeing is a net-like pattern caused by dark edges on each scale. This is what Koslowski calls a "Netz (Nets) Agassizii" in his book. This is probably one of the many...
Matt,
Please bring them by, and I will try to determine their sex for you! Better yet, bring by half a dozen! LOL
That is pretty young to sex them, but maybe you can. I am not the person to help you on this one. Did you ask Yvan?
Jeff
Oregon
Hello Everyone,
Thought you might like to an Apisto. that got a, "Oh my gosh!" out of me.
This Apisto. is owned by Erick Jones, and was photographed by Yvan Alleau, who is trying to spawn it.
Mike Wise identified this Apisto. as "A. agassizii (Netz) Yellow".
I would love to have a...
Rich,
On the last stock list I got from Jeff Rapps at www.tangledupincichlids.com he had the following, might be something of interest to you. The Altifrons are gorgeous!
Jeff
Oregon
Dicrossus sp. 'Tapajos' 1.25-1.5" 12.50 beautiful and rarely seen race of
highly sought after dwarf...
Hello everyone,
As I sit here looking through my books on dwarfs and apistos, I wonder how a person gets some of these locally unavailable fish?
I see A. Elizabethae, A. Mendezi, T. Candidi, etc., that I have never seen before in person, and I wonder how do I find out if they are even in...
Matt,
Congratulations! That was one very nice pair, and they were wild! Your perserverance paid off, and you figured out what they needed. Way to go!
Wanna trade me some f1 fry for some discus? :D :D
Jeff
Oregon
Ted,
LOL! Not too far from the truth. But I just sold my mated pair of angels! 2 spawns, and all my grow out tanks were flooded, and I could not get rid of them fast enough. But they were fun, and real easy to work with.
No thoughts on the dwarfs anyone?
Jeff
Oregon
Hello Everyone,
I would like to try and cater to some of the LFS's in my area, and I was wondering what everyone thought would be the dwarfs that would be most in demand?
Of course, I could go talk to the stores, and get some opinions, but I would really like to hear from everyone, and see...
LOL!
Yes, I would be excited about the "one" egg also! Sometimes I laugh at how wierd I am.
Good going, you are doing a great job to get them to spawn, from what I understand. I would like to try them someday.
Keep us posted on the "egg".
Jeff
Oregon
Hey, thanks for asking!
Well, I am not sure what is going on. The female has also died, in the same way as the male. No marks on the body, nothing to indicate disease or parasite, just up and died!
The 15-20? babies are doing well and growing fast. So, I guess it is not contageous to...
Hello,
Another beginners question for you Apisto-Masters.
If you have both a Male and Female of the same type of Apisto, what could be the reasons for them not to spawn?
My thoughts about it are:
Incorrect water, (hardness, temp, ph, etc.)
Immaturity of one or both of the pair...
Hello All,
The adventure continues. My male A. Trifas is dead! Yesterday I was out to the fishroom and there he is lying on his side, breathing heavy, not a mark on his body. He only lasted a few hours like this then he was gone.
I do not think the female did him in, there were 6...
Randall,
Thanks! Yes, that helps a whole bunch. I have gone from having no ideas on how to sex them, to having some indicators that will help make an educated guess. Of course, if they just spawn, that would help a lot!
One question, do both parents care for the fry?
These guys are...