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I've heard of it a few times but I don't think it ever got off the ground. It was to be started by a few guys in the Blue Mountains area west of Sydney. Most likely hillbilly types dressed in flanelette.:wink:
Well that about settles it then. No ficus leaves in the tank. Gotta find some oak leaves to try.:biggrin:
The warm Xmas is not all it's cracked up to be Andrew. There's bush fires everywhere at the moment so some people will be manning the hoses on their houses tomorrow.
That little tank looks pretty cool Tom. Keep us updated on it's progress.
On the topic of leaf litter in tanks, does anyone know anything about Ficus leaves???
The name bitaeniata means "two stripes" refering to a 2nd stripe or band that appears under the normal lateral band. It is relatively elongated in shape and the tail is truncate to lyrate and also a member of the A. agassizii group.
All this info is from the Romer atlas. HTH I suggest you...
I've heard that A. maulbruter likes to dig a lot and therefore a sand substrate is suggested but these photos are using just fine gravel. It obviously hasn't affected their ability to spawn but do you find they dig around a bit????
You should have room in there for 2 pairs of Apisto's so I would suggest getting another Aggie female if you are sure that the male is what it is.
If not it wouldn;t matter. The cockatoos won't breed with the aggies but if theres one thing better than one pair of Apisto's, it's TWO!
The only thing we get here in Australia labelled as "Orange Tail" is Apistogramma cf. eunotus "Orangebauch/Orange-belly" or Apistogramma cf. eunotus "Orangeschwanz/Orange-tail" and that fish does look pretty similar to A. eunotus