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    Fin rot or spawning damage?

    Thanks Mac - I trust your expertise however would you be able to look again, especially at the picture showing the front of the dorsal fin, the first 'spike' is almost skinned at the top, if you zoom it's clearer. the membrane is also slightly torn up. The anal fin membranes also appear visibly...
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    Fin rot or spawning damage?

    Hi everyone I came home from work today to find my cacatuoides male with some fin damage. This seems to have occurred within the last 24 hours and was not there last night. Alongside this, when I got home today the female was no-where to be seen, but once I started feeding she came out in...
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    Borellii substrate question

    Hi all, I am interested in scaping a tank around a pair of borellii - for display purposes not specifically breeding- although it would be good to see and I have appropriate other tanks in case separation is required for some reason. Whilst I would consider myself an aquascaper - I run co2...
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    Change in male cacatuoides behaviour?

    Hi, I have a pair of cacatuoides, both are generally of quite good/ relaxed temperament with the male occasionally pestering the female but nothing serious. Recently they spawned, the female has been guarding a cave for a few days, from a quick torch flash it looks like they may have now...
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    New juvenile cacatuoides feeding

    Just to update, he's eating now - taking frozen daphnia enthusiastically and looking healthy :)
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    New juvenile cacatuoides feeding

    Thank Mac, will do.
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    New juvenile cacatuoides feeding

    Thanks for this, here is a photo:
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    New juvenile cacatuoides feeding

    Hello, I have recently added a juvenile male A. Cacatuoides double red to a densely planted tank which has been running for a couple of months with some tetras and oto's. The apisto has only been with me for a week and is a small juvenile, roughly the same size as the adult neon tetra in the...
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    Nannostomus Mortenthaleri and Agassizii

    Thanks for the advice, appreciate it.
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    Nannostomus Mortenthaleri and Agassizii

    Noted Mac, there are also some Nannostomus beckfordi available at a LFS which are certainly much cheaper yet seem very interesting in their own right.
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    Nannostomus Mortenthaleri and Agassizii

    Hello all, I have a pair of Agassizii, I have recently moved them to a setup together alone for breeding, it is 60x30cm. I am using RO with alder cones and leaf litter to adjust my hard tap water to reach suitable parameters for spawning. Minimal aggression between the two. A good shop near me...
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    Female/Male Agassizii?

    Hi Mike, thanks for your view on this a few of weeks ago. I just added the fish in with my male a couple of days ago and found it in a cave today with a batch of eggs, so it was in fact female. Thought that I would give an update as it may help others with a similar issue with these domestic...
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    Female/Male Agassizii?

    Thanks Mike
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    Female/Male Agassizii?

    Apologies as I note this is a frequently asked question and difficult with this domestic colour morph, is anyone able to help me sex this agassizii fire gold. I have a definite male in a separate tank, however I am unsure on the fish in question (pictures below). Cannot tell if it is a female...
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    Use of oak sticks safely

    Hi all, I have a large oak tree in my garden which I have been collecting dead leaves from, I would like to use the branches / sticks for my agassizii setup, however I am cautious at to how to use these as I have not used sticks collected myself before. If anyone uses or has used oak sticks/...
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