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Phil,
I was just down there last Sunday and in case you haven't been there in a while, they still have a bunch of the F1 left. What might be of more value to you is that were several sexable fish (including females) in the tank and they are selling them at $9.99/fish.
Congrats on the...
Picked up a trio of wild fish about a month ago. Ended up with this pair. The female was guarding a cave for about eight days before she came out with these. About 60 fry all together. Thankfully no problems with aggression so far. The male is not bothered but if he gets within a couple of...
I don't know if anyone still cares but I thought I might pass on an update with my fish.
I threw all of the fry in the breeding net last time and let the male loose in the tank again. Over a two day period the female slowly ate all of the eggs on the bottom of the net. Things quickly...
I have a couple of tanks of juveniles right not and these all came from a group of roughly 19 juveniles I purchased last september. They were about .5 inch when I got them in. I remember staring at them endlessly trying to figure the same thing out. I have a lot of juveniles right now and I...
Phil,
Here are the pics of this breeding "attempt". By the time I had finished that last post, it was clear that it would not be ok for the fry swimming in the tank. They had an affinity to be by their mother and she had decided that they were potential problems so she was attacking them when...
Alright, I have a question for those of you have have bred this fish. Most of the fry are still alive in the tank (about 40). A few days ago I noticed that the male was frantically trying to get the female to spawn again. She could no longer fend him of like she was before so she was leaving the...
Alright, point taken. I guess it helps if you knew where they were first. It turns out there actually about 40 fry. I was able to count most of them when she brought them out. Here is another blurry photo but I hope this will be a little better than the last. Anyone have digital photography for...
Greetings,
Since my wife doesn't understand the excitement, I get to share with everyone here!
I want to than keveryone for the help you gave me when trying to sex these fish. I added lots of cover to the tank and probably di it just in time. At first the female was really aggressive...
I am sure that it is a female. The other fish has grown quite a tail on it and the color is real nice. It has a yellow anal fin which looks really sweet. My how things can change though. The two fish will display at each other but usually ends with the male taking a swipe at the female. This is...
Well, I have added more plants, wood, and a couple of caves. Most of the aggression stopped with the removal of the third fish. However, there is still a bit of chasing when one fish runs into the other. Other times I see them feeding together with no problems. I have posted a coupl of links to...
Thanks for the input guys. I actually have a few potted plants, two coconut caves, and another piece of driftwood that goes in the tank but i had removed them for the time being in case I needed to catch another fish. I did a water change yesterday and surprisingly both fish seem fine with it. I...
I have added links to some of the photos I have managed in the last few hours. This is my first attempt at posting pictures so hope it works. Sorry for the poor pics. I have a digital camera and have no idea how to get good fish shoys with it (if it is even possible). I have yet to get a picture...
Thanks Zack and thanks to everyone who has responded. I do have an update on the situation. Sadly, the third fish that was introduced (a male) was killed. I removed him but not in time. There is now a peace in the tank. The two fish I originally bought I thought were a pair but then thought...
Dear members,
I know this may seem a little unconventional (and hopefully not against the rules) but I am always looking for new fish and they can be extremely hard to come by at times. There is a store here in Livonia, MI that currently has some nice wild caught Dicrossus maculatus. They are...
I had the three juveniles in a ten gallon. I feel that I have made a grave mistake in assuming that because they were so young there wouldn't be too many problems. I have moved one of the fish to a 20L with some borellii right now until I can get another 20L going for these fish.
I will try...
Thanks for the info bigbird. Are these fish sexable at this size? The fish that is getting bulllied the most is the largest of the three. His pelvic and anal fin are quite long compared to the other two but his tail had been damaged in the tank at the store so that was no help. I really thought...
Hi all,
I just recently bought a few of these buggers from a local store here and had a few questions. They are very young and for the life of me seem impossible to sex at this size. I bought two fish a week ago and after a two days in the tanks I thought I had bought two females. I went...
Mike,
Thanks for the input. I was planning on using it to lower the pH of the RO water that I purchased from the store. Iwas planning on using the acid instead of peat because of the potential mess surrounding the peat water. Against my advice the basement was just carpeted with...
To all,
I have a question about lowering the pH and the kH. I have a few tanks full of apistos right now. They have been up and running for a few months. The problem that I am having is that the pH seems to not want to come down. I have two 20L with play sand as the substrate, 1 10G with no...