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    Eggs eaten- again

    Pardon the abruptness, but I'll dispense with a prelude. Pair of cacs in 5.5 gallon. Bare excpet sponge filter and flowerpots. Each time female has eaten eggs after 3-4 days tending. Based ontiming, I assume the eggs didn' hatch, so she ate them. Temp 82, RO water mixed with a little tap...
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    What do I do now?

    Well, I returned home today to find that I have my first apisto spawn! A pair of cacs in a bare quarantine tank(convienent for me, I guess). So, what do I do now? Water is pH 6.5, GH and KH undetectable(Ro water revitalized with Kent RO right)temp 82. Will the mother keep the fry in the pot for...
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    Multiple Apisto Species

    The majority of the literature I have read suggests that a tank should pretty much be confined to one species of apisto unless it is very large, as the different species will scrap for the same territory. Yet just recently I saw a post here suggesting that in a tank as small as 25 gallons you...
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    Plants for mineral depleted water

    I am currently using pure RO water revitalized with Kent RO Right in my apisto tanks. Although it seems to be a good receipe for apistos, the same has not hel true for plants. Val never really caught on, my crypts were doing great for a little bit but now have started to "melt," Ludwigia...
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    Snails and eggs

    Some Malaysian Trumpet snails have proliferated in my tank(I guess that's one of the penalties o adding live plants. I wash new plants pretty throughly, but a few must've slipped by me. My question is this: do these snails pose a threat to eggs? Will they eat them? They are pretty small. If...
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    Changing Water in fry tanks

    All, I know that when water is changed in fry tanks, the new water must have nearly identical pH/hardnes values to avoid stressing the fry. But what about temperature? I ask this because I use revitalized RO waer, which is stored at room temperature until needed. My house is signifcantly...
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    Female Apistos

    How does one know when a female apisto is ripe? Thanks. Matthew Clark
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    Why Haven't They Spawned?

    I have had a male and female agassizi set up in a community for almost two months. Use RO water, pH 6.5, hardness undectable with my bad test kit(need to get something better for the lower ranges). Temp 79-80 degrees. Diet frozen bloodwroms, FD tubifex, FD Plankton, occasionally live BS. A...
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    Agassizi problems

    I apologize for the endless bombardment of questions. I actually consider myself quite knowledgeable when it comes to general aquarium information, but apisots(and breeding) are quite new to me. SO here's my question: pH 6.0 GH 1dgh Temp 80 feeding maily frozen bloodworms and FD...
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    A. agassizi

    Does Apistogramma agassizi form harems to breed or do they breed in a pair bond. I have what I believe to be 3 females and 1 male ready to be introduced into my tank. Does this sound okay? Any tips on sexing agassizi? Matthew Clark
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    Food

    What are some good frozen foods for apistos? How shoud I go about feeding these? Matthew Clark
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    Apistos and Discus Revisited

    I know, I did my duty and read the other subject re: apistos and dicus before posting, but it still didn't quite answer my question. It is as follows: I have a 29 gallon tank, using RO water, pH below 6, hardness under 1 dgh. I have a.agassizi in there right now, but only a few. I have a few...
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