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Not sure if this motion photo will show up, but can anyone tell if this is a male/female duo?
Edit: I converted the video that the shop sent to me to a motion video, but I think the forum software doesn't support that format and only shows a static image. Is gender discernable from the image?
Thanks! Hopefully I will be able to sex them. Is the green line in the dorsal an accurate way to sex them? I've read that a line of dots Vs an uninterrupted line is a feature to distinguish the sexes
Do they require much larger tanks than apistogramma and Ivanacara bimaculata? Both have bred and raised fry on my rack in the same and smaller tanks (10 gallon)
I may have the opportunity to obtain some Apistogramma kullanderi soon. Having never kept them before, I would greatly appreciate any information I can get on keeping and breeding them. In particular, how can I accurately sex them to ensure that I can get a pair or 2? Given their large size...
I may be able to get Biotoecus dicentrarchus from Glaser soon, do you think the identification would be accurate?
It's been several years since I've kept any Biotoecus sp, and I've never managed to successfully breed them before. My tanks all have fine sand in them, are on a continuous 24/7...
I've been using Siporax for almost a decade and haven't had any pH issues. It's supposed to be made from sintered glass which is chemically inert. I've used it in setups using ro water, tap water and even marine reef tanks
My rositae were surprisingly great parents and continued caring for their fry for a couple of months. After I finally got round to moving the fry to another tank, the pair immediately bred again so it seems to me that they held off laying another batch of eggs until the first batch were removed
I have had a pair for over 6 months and they're the shyest apistos in my rack. Hardly ever see them out except at feeding time and no spawning action that I am able to discern
What's your source water like? I run a full sized 400gpd ro unit at home for my fish room, but at my office where I'm more space constrained and the toilet is far from my room where my desk tank is, I have a small canister with deionization resin that I use. It uses those 10 inch height x 4...
Thanks, my cichlid atlas wasn't much help in providing guidance I'm not so patient to stare for 90 minutes so I'll probably end up with a male and a sneaker male, especially at the size they're at
I believe you got them from buy fish at Clementi? If I remember correctly the Apistogramma guttata were marked as wildcaught by Glaser. The Apistogramma atahualpa should be German bred.
I'm thinking of going to get a pair myself tomorrow if they still have females left.
Edit: It does look to...
I'm in Singapore and will be able to choose when they arrive. Pricing isn't an issue, but these fish are for my office tank and not home rack, so I'm trying to avoid having to catch out extras when they grow up
I thought they needed to be larger to sex, but I saw @MacZ 's reply earlier in the thread that they're 100% sexable at 4cm, so I wanted to confirm I wasn't misunderstanding
My LFS is getting a shipment of D maculatus from Brazil in a couple of weeks and they're marked as 4-6cm. Would they be 100% sexable at this size, and the way to sex them would be the length of the pelvic fins and colour sheen on the unpaired fins?