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Hi,
I personnaly would said at first shot that there is the instinct but also a learning process. BUT i'm convinced its not really "learning" but closer to imitation .. the saw how mom cared about them and they reproduce such a behavior.
What is sure is that fry NEVER saw their parents...
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I'm very surprised on these prices when here in france we can find them around 15/20 euros /fish at particular people ...
I just got 4 from a friend who reproduce them a lot ...
ProF
Hi,
My apistos are always in a sandy tank .... females always close the nest with sand or an alder fruit.
One of my baenschi female made me think she was dead in the cave as once she didn't get out for 6 days and it was close with sand. Then she went out with fry and every evening she...
Hi,
I'll probably do so but as far as i saw, from the first day she starts sayin to the male " Hey boy i'll be rady soon" SHE is the one harrassing the other...
She is not that agressive, but she really keeps poking him with mouth and well, you know apistos parades ... i'll put them in a...
Hi,
My first post in 2007 so let me wish you an happy new year to all of you :)
I watched my fish a little bit more than usually and i've to say this is a very expressive fish with its color.
His body changes a lot, sometimes very darck, sometimes almost steel bright, and sometimes...
Hi Mike,
Thanks for the infos. I keep my apistos at 27°C all the time.... i'm going to decrease it by 1 ° ( more for trifasciatas because i have too much males !!! )
I definately need to get books :D
ProF
Thanks Mike,
Well hard to say .. the caudale shape is very similar to the Tefe..., not as long as the alenquer. It is very much less red wine color that is sure. In real, his head is less yellow than on the pic.
The closest fish of the set at rva site is the last one.... my fish looks...
Hi,
Mike i tried to peep a little more at my fish but with the colored water its not that easy. Aslo i'm not sure i really understand " wavy bands".
My fish gets a very wide range of colorotions according to his mood, his female mood ( lol, like us, isn't it ? ) and so on. Burgundy is...