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  1. MacZ

    Trivia about fish names

    As today is the anniversary of the death of Atahualpa, last Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire and namesake of Apistogramma atahualpa... what do you know about why certain fish species got certain names?
  2. MacZ

    List of meds

    I've posted it before, but so that it can be found easily, here's a link to an extensive list of meds by manufacturers frim Europe and North America. It's provided and kept up-to-date by the British Small Animal Veterinary Association. Please note that the list is UK-specific in terms of...
  3. MacZ

    Template for disease/parasite/death cases

    This template contains the most important questions to be answered when dealing with sick or dead fish to find causes and advise on treatments. Please copy and paste into a new thread and answer the questions as precise as possible. Water parameters should be given in numbers. "Fine" or "good"...
  4. MacZ

    Exchanging stocking

    Hello everybody! I need some input. I just made a deal with my LFS about them taking in 3 of my male Dicrossus filamentosus. Problem: They won't give me money (not a problem actually, I'm glad the fish go into their big Rio Negro display tank), but also not general store credit. I only get to...
  5. MacZ

    Rio Negro or Orinoco? (D. filamentosus)

    I'm unsure, are my Dicrossus filamentosus of the Rio Negro or the Orinoco variety? Anybody got an idea? I took the pictures of the tank boss with all kinds of fin positions extended for display and relaxed. And I know the tint of the water might make it tough to decide or even impossible. In...
  6. MacZ

    An old trick revisited (netting fish)

    I have probably had too much time on my hands while working on my master's thesis and the situation that I already expected to rehome some of my Dicrossus, so in late march I decided to try something I remembered from a Zoo documentary. Training my fish to be easier to net, especially from a...
  7. MacZ

    What to do now?

    (@Admins, if this is the wrong section, please move the thread.) Hello Everybody! In early August I got a pair of Apistogramma that Mike Wise identified as likely A. cf. ortegai "Pebas" or a hybrid of these with A. ortegai proper. Well, as I also posted that by the end of August the male had...
  8. MacZ

    Need Species ID and sexing

    Hello everybody, last week I got these two specimens sold as Apistogramma borellii "opal". My research has brought me to the point that I'm doubting the the species ID and the sexing: Here's the male which looks like either a male-ish borelli "opal" female or probably something completely...
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