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    Can I keep A. borelli and ~8 Nannostomus marginatus in 64l (16 gal)? in

    Seems like I don't have to worry about that for now. The male launched an all out attack and ate all the fry! I'm quite puzzled to be honest, why would he do that? Next time I see eggs, he'll have to move to another tank.
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    Can I keep A. borelli and ~8 Nannostomus marginatus in 64l (16 gal)? in

    Thanks! I've put in 8 Nannostomus marginatus 18 days ago, unfortunately 4 already died. They were super aggressive towards each other and bullied the seemingly weakest fish until it died. I put in a lot of Limnophila sessiliflora which seemed to ease the situation quite a bit. The A. borelii...
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    Can I keep A. borelli and ~8 Nannostomus marginatus in 64l (16 gal)? in

    Thanks, this sounds good. I won't put a Nannostomus in front of a court for looking the wrong way at some fry, I just want to not have full-on warfare against the Apistos and their fry like the Neons did. Also have another tank that I could move the Nannostomus in should things not work out...
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    Leaves for Apistos

    What's the reason for the untreated control water to become more acidic?
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    Can I keep A. borelli and ~8 Nannostomus marginatus in 64l (16 gal)? in

    Hi there, hope you're all doing well. A week ago I received a nice pair of A. borelli to put in my 64l (16 gal) tank (60x30x36cm, 23x12x14in) and the two have settled in nicely. I was wondering if I could add around 8 Nannostomus marginatus or if that would be too much? Would the N. marginatus...
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    Pairing Apistogramma borellii 'standard' and 'opal'

    Thanks to both of you :)
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    Pairing Apistogramma borellii 'standard' and 'opal'

    Hi, I can't find a satisfactory answer to this seemingly obvious question: can males and females of A. borellii's two variants be kept together and bred? Everything I read so far says: yes. So my question is really: should it be done and is there any downsides?
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    Should I be worried about the white pimple on my A. borellii?

    Unfortunately I couldn't get a better picture of it. There's no other spots like that and nothing on any other fish, and I think it got a bit smaller. Since the fish is behaving normally I'll just assume it's a damaged scale or other small injury for now, keep up the water hygiene and feed him...
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    Should I be worried about the white pimple on my A. borellii?

    My Apistogramma borellii male has this white thing on his back, right next / at the lower end of his dorsal fin. It looks like the "white head" of a pimple minus the red, swollen area of a human's pimple. To me in person it looks less fluffy than it does in the pictures, but I'm not sure who's...
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    Hi, new from Belgium

    Hi Matthias, your blackwater tanks are absolutely stunning May I ask where you get the palm leaves from, what type etc. and how you use them in your tank (do you prepare them somehow before putting them in, how long until they decay)?
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    Extremely shy Paracheirodon simulans

    I'll see how it works out, if it doesn't I have another tank for the P. simulans to put into. Meanwhile, I solved the mystery of their shyness: obviously, the tank was too dark (it was quite a bit darker than in the picture). I turned up the light while maintaining the tank, forgot to set it...
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    Extremely shy Paracheirodon simulans

    I was under the impression that pretty much every species is a fry pedator to some extent; and the P. simulans kept coming up when searching for tank mates for Apistogramma borelli - would you advise against keeping them together with A. borelli? I would have gone for pencil fish instead of the...
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    Hello from Berlin

    Hi Ade, thanks for the compliment! The carpet plant is Eleocharis pusilla which grew nice and dense and seems to be rather undemanding. Thanks for your answers, that cleared a lot up! The Microdevario kubotai might also be a nice choice, I imagine them look very nice in blackwater. So many...
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    Hello from Berlin

    Hi, I'm Florian, a 33 year old software developer from Berlin. I've had fish tanks as a kid, then forgot about them for 20 years, and got back into it recently. Now I have a 20l tank with red fire shrimp: a 64l planted tank with Hyphessobricon amandae: and a 86l blackwater tank that...
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