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    5 gallon tanks for pair breeding?

    I used to breed a few species in 5 gallon tanks, most often using young pairs. I had borellii, caetei, and eunotus (or cf. eunotus), among others, in tanks where the males could see each other in the next tank. The caves I used were coconut shells and placed in a corner. Water Sprite was always...
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    Why are laetacara dorsigera called redbrest acara ?

    Those fish are far from natural colors. I've seen some that were pretty dark, but the usual color is a dark maroon on the breast. There were also wild populations that were bright cherry red on the breast: These belonged to a friend who was supposed to maintain them until I got out of the...
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    Krobia Xinguensis

    I have not seen them available in several years. Sexing is a little bit tricky. Females have shorter dorsal and anal fins, and less color overall. Here's a photo of the mate to the male in the photo of my previous post:
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    Krobia Xinguensis

    They are quite passive for their size. I no longer have them, as I had to liquidate my fish stocks a few years ago to pay bills. Now that things are settling back down, I might be on the lookout for them in the future.
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    Krobia Xinguensis

    Sorry I haven't been in the forum for quite some time. Krobia xinguensis was known for several years as Krobia sp. "Red Cheek". I think I first saw one in 2005 at the Dallas ACA convention. I was finally able to get some of these a few years ago, they were pretty easy to breed. Very easy going...
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    Ram sexing

    I think it looks like two females, based on another characteristic I learned from @coralbandit, a prolific breeder of ramirezi. The anal fin does not extend past the start of the caudal, which he says indicates female. Only time this doesn't work is when you have longfin Rams. The red bellies...
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    Can you id this critter for myself ?

    Looks like a young Krib to me.
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    Looking for Pelv. Taeniatus Moliwe and Nyete

    Moliwe, Nyete, and most other populations from Cameroon have been placed into the revalidated Pelvicachromis kribensis. Anton Lamboj and others did a revision of Pelvicachromis in 2014. The Wouri population was described as a new species, P. drachenfelsi.
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    Pencil fish ID

    That is rather colorless for N. beckfordi, but it does appear to be the most likely ID.
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    Copella callolepis (sensu Zarske)

    I have found two problems with raising fry of Copella. The first was obviously food. Later breeding with C. arnoldi allowed for some experiments. Vinegar worms were too big! So it boiled down to infusoria. I also used a solution of the old Liquifry in the squeeze tubes with limited success. It...
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    Can someome ID this dwarf cichlid for me please

    Identified this on another forum. Juvenile Gymnogeophagus balzanii.
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    sexing borellii or steel blue

    I believe those are Steel Blue, rather than borellii. You appear to have the sexing correct.
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    Anomalochromis Thomasi (African Butterfly Cichlid) Over looked dwarf...

    I must have had the only thomasi with attitude, apparently. :rolleyes: They chased around two Wallaceochromis that were both larger than them. They also cleaned out every single MTS snail in the tank, and it was overloaded with them.
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    Anomalochromis Thomasi (African Butterfly Cichlid) Over looked dwarf...

    Anomalochromis is an interesting genus. Currently considered monotypic, Loiselle speculated back in 2012 that the different populations should be described as different species. Ade's fish are the Guinea population, which has been the only one available for a very long time. It's identifiable by...
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    Copella callolepis (sensu Zarske)

    I had this species back about 1983-84, and have been trying to find them again ever since. At the time they were (mis)identified as Copella nattereri. I only managed to get one pair, but they did spawn in a very similar manner to that described above. My pair, however, had a floating leaf of...
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    Sexing German Blue

    If you look at the post directly above yours, you will see that this is not true. I've had pairs where both sexes had blue spangles in the black spot, and I've had pairs where neither one had them. As noted by Ade205, that is not a dependable characteristic.
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    Male or female cacatuoides?

    Females of the domestic double and triple red strain often have some male coloring and extensions in the fins. However, the third picture above is clearly a female with the yellow body and the black ventral fins. In fact, I'd say she's anxious to spawn.
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    Pls help with sexing Cacatoides DR

    Not cacatuoides. They do not have spangling on the face. The caudal is pretty chewed up, but I suspect it is male agassizi of one of the commercial strains.
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    xHelp sexing young German Blue Rams and Electric Blue Ram

    From what I see in the photos, I'd say you have two females, one dominant and colored up, the other submissive, with the dorsal folded down most of the time. I did not see any Electric Blue Ram. Spangles present/absent in the humeral spot is not a dependable characteristic. I've had breeder...
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    Apisto Cacatuoides uncoloured

    First, I noticed that the Tetras are Paracheirodon axelrodi, commonly called the Cardinal Tetra. Neon Tetras are P. innesi, and have less red color. Your male does not look that poorly colored to me, but he is a bit pale. This could be from the white substrate and too much light. Those roots do...
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