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Hi bigbird,
Steve (gingerbeer) is correct, these have been in Sydney before and I know Thomas successfully bred them - in fact I think they spawned within 24 hours of him getting them home! His pH was fairly low eg: < 5 - but it was a long time ago and I have no other details.
Would you...
Thanks every one for your help.
The vendor got back to me this morning and said "have ID'd them as Apisto. sp "Melgar" pg 934 of Mergus CIchlid Atlas #2"
Still a nice fish but not what I was after.
Cheers
Steph
My bible ..err.. Romers cichlid atlas says.. "the membranes of the anterior third of the dorsal fin are distinctly enlarged and pointed"
Glad to give you an excuse :)
Steph
Hey Rod
These fish are at fishchicks - have you seen them? Jodi said they had spawned, and from what I have read they are meant to be highly aggressive and Im surprised the male is still alive - her tanks are pretty tiny.
If I look at the pic on page 359 of Cichlid Atlas 1 the dorsal...
Hi All
I have been offered a pair of A. atahualpa to buy. I havent actually seen them yet (they are a long way away) and only have one picture of the male - but to me I dont think its atahualpa - not sure what it is tho?
Sorry about the quality of the photo, and I know you cant see the tail...
Thanks all, the thought of pollution crossed my mind as wel but I didnt know how to test for it. I really struggled to identify what was killing my fish because it didnt seem to fit all the classic symptoms, frequent water changes seemed to help at the time but I reckon by the time they were...
Hi Ryan
Welcome to this great forum! and good to see you getting into apistos too :)
Those baenschi look great and are one of my favourites. Sorry to hear about your second female, spawning females can be quite aggressive - I keep a trio in a 100cm tank and I reckon the two females use...
Plane tree leaves :(
Hi all
I while ago I asked about these leaves. I then used some in two of my tanks, and about 2 months after experienced 100% mortality of my fish :mad:
I cant say for certain that the leaves were the issue but its one of the few factors that was ONLY in these tanks...
HI Pete
Have you seen the flametails that Jodi has? I asked her for a pic but she said the nicest male was being camera shy ! SO she hasnt sent me one yet.
Are they really that spectacular - at $40 each I would hope they are superb. :eek::eek::eek:
Im kinda keen, but have to find a...
I was in Brissy at Christmas and I did get to Jodi's shop - with 2 kids and a husband in tow !!! *ARGH* He likes fish, was trying to convince me to buy some of those altum angels she had but just not my thing at all. And the only tank big enough for angels in my house has baenschi in it and...
Hi folks
I have some panduro fry, that are now 5 weeks old and are still really really tiny! They were freee swimming on 28th March
In comparison I reckon my 5 week old baenschi fry would be twice the size.
Is this normal, I wasnt under the impression that they were a particularly slow...
HI Rod
I agree with Bill 100%, a pair means 1M & 1F, I have bought from fishchicks in bris and she shipped to me, and she said yes she vent sexes to guarantee the right sex ratio. They also isolate pairs that form naturally in the holding tanks to sell as a pair, which is great as you have a...
hi folks
I have a largish tank 100cm x 48cm x 52 (high) cm that currently holds a trio of A. baenschi and some assorted dither fish. There are lots of crypts but not a lot of high plants, and a large chunk of wood.
I was wondering if I would be able to put some dicrossus in this tank...
Hi All
My A. agassiz alenquer produced a lovely cloud of fry (40+) on 16 March and they seemed to be doing a great job, with minimal parental aggression, then suddnely 6 days post free swimming I noticed that there were only a small number of fry, and i could even see a dead one floating in...
Just a little update, the female had produced a cloud of free swimming fry this evening when I got home. Estimate at least 40 of them - Im not very good at counting fry there could be more!
I had been suspecting a spawn based on behaviour but of course the spot she was guarding was right at...
Mike as always you are a fount of knowledge and impart it so well. The bit I was missing was the relationship between the black and the white in the caudal fin. What was confusing me was the difference in my other A. agasszi 'tefe' which basically shows no black on the caudal fin (Im at work...
Hi Bill
Not sure of your floor space but I think you might be pushing it for a trio unless the tank is heavily aquascaped. I keep a trio in a tank that is 100cm x 50ish and the current dominant female can be hell on the non-dominant female. The territory may be a bit over a foot square but...
OK I confess - I am totally confused now with all the agassizi variants :eek:
I too have some of the gorgeous fish that briztoon has, and I cant possibly take a photo as good as the one he has posted here.
I was assuming because the male's caudal fin has a fairly broad black line that...